Africans in the UCL: All the goals, saves and assists

African players really showed up in the Uefa Champions League group stages to help their respective teams reach the last 16 and also secure Europa League tickets.

There was a total of 30 goals scored by Africans in the Champions League with Egyptian star Mohamed Salah leading the African scorers chart with a total of seven goals and one assist in six matches for Liverpool.

Salah scored a hat-trick for Liverpool in their 7-1 win over Rangers which broke the record for the quickest hat-trick ever scored in the Uefa Champions League, the previous record was held by Bafetimbi Gomis whose treble was in eight minutes for Lyon in their 7-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb.

WATCH - SALAH RECORD HATTRICK

The Reds’ striker took just six minutes and 12 seconds to score his treble at Ibrox, having only come on as a substitute seven minutes before his opening strike.

When it comes to the assists by Africans, the Cameroonian talisman Zambo Anguissa leads the African pack in the UCL with three and one goal for Napoli.

WATCH - TOP ASSISTS BY AFRICANS

Watch all the goals scored by 16 different African stars in the UCL from Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mané, Joel Matip, Youssef En-Nesyri and Mohammed Kudus just to name a few.

WATCH - TOP SAVES BY AFRICANS IN UCL

Inter Milan goalkeeper André Onana sits third in the overall Champions League most saves by a goalkeeper chart with 29 which is two behind leaders Simon Mignolet and Anatoliy Trubin of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Sevilla’s Yassine Bounou keeper is 23rd on the list with 14 saves while Edouard Mendy of Chelsea has one great save as per Uefa statics.

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