Liverpool's Mohamed Salah became the joint-highest scoring African player in Champions League history courtesy of his goal against Real Madrid at Anfield this evening.
The Egyptian capitalised on an horrendous error from Thibaut Courtois to make his 44th Champions League goal one of his easiest, moving himself above Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar in the all-time rankings and level with Chelsea legend Didier Drogba.
No player from his continent has now scored more goals in the competition than Salah, whose goal also saw him move clear of Steven Gerrard's as Liverpool's all-time leading scorer in European competition.
However, despite his strike putting Liverpool 2-0 up inside 15 minutes at Anfield, it proved to be a miserable night for Salah and his teammates as Real Madrid stormed back to win 5-2.
Central to yet another famous Champions League comeback was Karim Benzema, whose second-half brace capped off the rout and saw him close the gap on Robert Lewandowski to just three goals.
Benzema is now on 88 goals in the competition, and after tonight's result will likely have at least three more games in 2022-23 to surpass Lewandowski's tally of 91, with the Barcelona striker no longer involved in the Champions League this season.
Here, Sports Mole looks at the latest standings in the Champions League 40-goal club following Tuesday's action.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
Goals: 140
Appearances: 183
Ratio: 0.77
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 129
Appearances: 162
Ratio: 0.80
3. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona)
Goals: 91
Appearances: 111
Ratio: 0.82
4. Karim Benzema (Lyon, Real Madrid)
Goals: 88
Appearances: 147
Ratio: 0.60
5. Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke 04)
Goals: 71
Appearances: 142
Ratio: 0.50
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid)
Goals: 56
Appearances: 73
Ratio: 0.77
7. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
Goals: 53
Appearances: 139
Ratio: 0.38
8. Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)
Goals: 50
Appearances: 112
Ratio: 0.45
9. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid)
Goals: 49
Appearances: 58
Ratio: 0.84
10. Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev, AC Milan, Chelsea)
Goals: 48
Appearances: 100
Ratio: 0.48
11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 48
Appearances: 124
Ratio: 0.39
12. Eusebio (Benfica)
Goals: 46
Appearances: 65
Ratio: 0.71
13. Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)
Goals: 46
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.57
15. Mohamed Salah (Basel, Roma, Liverpool)
Goals: 44
Appearances: 78
Ratio: 0.56
15. Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray)
Goals: 44
Appearances: 92
Ratio: 0.48
16. Neymar (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 43
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.53
17. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
Goals: 42
Appearances: 89
Ratio: 0.47
18. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, Manchester City)
Goals: 41
Appearances: 79
Ratio: 0.52
19. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 40
Appearances: 60
Ratio: 0.67
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