Kylian Mbappe becomes first player to score in all four of first Champions League knock-out games after goals home and away against Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund
KYLIAN MBAPPE has become the first player to score in all four of his first Champions League knock-out games.
Remarkably, they are his only goals in the Champions League as he didn’t score during the entire group stage.
Kylian Mbappe stabs home to put Monaco 1-0 ahead at home to Manchester CityGetty Images
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His tally of five puts him at joint-sixth in the top scorers list — alongside team-mate, Radamel Falcao — with only Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of him on seven, who is still left in the competition.
Few teenagers have every made the incredible impact Mbappe has in their first seasons in the competitions.
Patrick Kluivert is a notable comparison.
Kylian Mbappe capitalises on a mistake to score a third for Monaco in DortmundReutersIt took Kylian Mbappe just three minutes to open the scoring last-eight second legGetty Images
The current Paris Saint-Germain director of football scored an 85th-minute winner in the 1995 final for Ajax at AC Milan — at the age of 19.
That team was full of young players, but it was Kluivert who scored the all-important goal.
Iker Casillas is another who excelled before he reached the age of 20.
Patrick Kluivert scores the winner in the 1995 Champions League final aged 19Getty ImagesIker Casillas celebrates winning the Champions League with Real Madrid at 19AFPWayne Rooney was still just 18 when he scored a hat-trick on Champions League bowGetty Images
Filling in for the injured Bodo Illgner, his performances soon saw him established as the No.1 and he became the youngest goalkeeper to ever play in a Champions League final when Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0 in 2000 just four days after his 19th birthday.
And Wayne Rooney was only 18 when he scored a hat-trick on his debut in the competition as Manchester United beat Fenerbahce 6-2 in 2004.
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