There were records broken across Europe, both good and bad. Just quote some of these gems to your mates today to stand yourself up as the expert on all things Champions League.

Group A: OLYMPIACOS 3-2 ATLETICO MADRID

- After not losing in 12 successive UEFA Champions League matches from September 2013 to April 2014, Atletico Madrid has now lost two matches in a row.

- Kostantinos Mitroglou scored his 10th Champions League goal in this clash. He surpasses Predrag Djordjevic and is now the outright all-time top scorer of Olympiacos in the Champions League.

- Fuka Arthur Masuaka scored on his debut. He is the first player to do so for Olympiacos since Vladimir Weiss on 17 September 2013.

- Antoine Griezmann scored his first goal in the Champions League today. He went scoreless through six matches in the competition for Real Sociedad last season.

Group A: JUVENTUS 2-0 MALMO

- Juventus remains undefeated in its opening Champions League matches. That’s a run of 15 now.

- Carlos Tevez scored his first goal for Juventus in the Champions League in this match. He had already scored six times for Manchester United. Tevez scored a second later in this match to record his first career brace in the competition.

Vos sos la creadora del robot . Te amo hija!!! pic.twitter.com/zvgOmOkXkF — Carlitos Tevez (@carlitos3210) September 16, 2014

Group B: LIVERPOOL 2-1 LUDOGORETS

- Steven Gerrard scored his 20th career Champions League goal to spare Liverpool’s blushes. He is also the fourth Englishman to have netted at least 20 times in the competition behind Wayne Rooney (29), Paul Scholes (24) and Frank Lampard (23).

- Mario Balotelli has now scored for four different clubs in the Champions League: Inter Milan (2), Manchester City (3), AC Milan (2) and Liverpool (1). He is the first Italian to score for four different clubs in the competition. Marco Simone, Christian Panucci and Fabrizio Ravanelli have scored for three different clubs.

- Dani Abalo's goal was the second Champions League goal ever by a Bulgarian side. On 27 September 2006, Levski Sofia's Mariyan Ognyanov scored the final goal in a 3-1 home defeat to Chelsea.

Group B: REAL MADRID 5-1 FC BASEL

- Karim Benzema scored Real Madrid's 1000th goal in all European competitions. Real Madrid is the first side to achieve the feat.

- Real Madrid played its 201st Champions League match, setting another competition record. Manchester United was the record holder, with 200 Champions League matches, but won’t catch up this season, since it’s not involved.

- The second goal from Real Madrid, scored by Gareth Bale, was its 250th in a home Champions League match. Madrid is the first team to reach that milestone in the competition.

- Real Madrid won its ninth successive Champions League home match, equalling the team record set between March 1996 and December 1998. The competition record is 12, held by Manchester United (September 2006 to April 2008).

- Real Madrid benefited from an own goal in the Champions League for the 12th time, extending its record. Manchester United is next on nine.

- Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored against 26 different Champions League teams, trailing only Raul (31) in this respect. He is only three shy of Raul’s all-time scoring record of 71 Champions League goals, and passed Lionel Messi today to be second on that list with 68 goals.

31' GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL DE @Cristiano #RealMadridBAS #RMLive pic.twitter.com/3ED9K7ldlN — Real Madrid C. F. (@realmadrid) September 16, 2014

Group C: AS MONACO 1-0 BAYER LEVERKUSEN

- AS Monaco won its opening match of a Champions League season for the third time. On the previous two occasions, the French side reached the final (2003/2004) and the semi-final (1993/1994).

- Joao Moutinho joins Luis Figo as the only Portuguese players to have scored for three different clubs in the Champions League. Moutinho also netted for Sporting CP and FC Porto.

Group C: BENFICA 0-2 ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG



- Zenit won its opening match of a Champions League campaign for the first time today after five attempts. It had lost all of its previous four openers.

Congratulations guys!! This is the first time Zenit has started group play with a victory! #BenficaZenit pic.twitter.com/cjHw3Pmz86 — FC Zenit in English (@fczenit_en) September 16, 2014

- Benfica's club record run of 11 European matches without a defeat (won 8, drawn 3) came to an end. It is Benfica's first defeat since 5 November 2013, when it lost 1-0 at Olympiacos in the Champions League group stage.

- Hulk's goal in the fifth minute of the match was the first goal in the Champions League this season. Last year, David Alaba scored the first goal in the third minute.

- Axel Witsel scored his first Champions League goal in his 29th appearance. He is the Belgian who needed most Champions League matches to score his first goal.

It's amazing to start the group stage of @ChampionsLeague with an away win. Really happy to score and help to get our first 3 points #UCL — Axel Witsel (@axelwitsel28) September 16, 2014

- Goalkeeper Artur was the first player to be sent off in the Champions League this season. His 18th-minute red card was the second fastest for a Portuguese club. FC Porto player Hector Herrera was red carded in the sixth minute of their match against Zenit on 22 October 2013. It was the fastest red card for Benfica in this competition.

- Hulk scored his sixth Champions League goal, equalling Roman Shirokov as Zenit's all-time Champions League top scorer.

Group D: GALATASARAY 1-1 ANDERLECHT

- Anderlecht remains winless in each of its 11 opening matches of a Champions League campaign.

- Anderlecht's starting line-up was on average 22 years and 221 days old. It is the ninth youngest all-time in the Champions League, and the youngest ever from Belgium.

Super fans in Istanbul ! Thanks for your support ! RSCA has the best fans in the World ! #coym #rsca — RSC Anderlecht (@rscanderlecht) September 16, 2014

- Burak Yilmaz scored eight Champions League goals in 2012/2013, but failed to score a single goal in the competition last season. He scored once to salvage the draw for Galatasaray.

Group D: BORUSSIA DORTMUND 2-0 ARSENAL

- Borussia Dortmund has won its opening match of a Champions League campaign for only the fourth time in 10 attempts. On the three previous occasions it did so, it either managed to reach the final (1997, 2013) or the semi-finals (1998).

- Ciro Immobile became only the second Italian to score for a German team in the Champions League, after Luca Toni scored three goals for Bayern Munich in the 2008/2009 season.

- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the first player from Gabon to score multiple career Champions League goals.

Compiled by Infostrada and Toby Forage

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