"There were 43 goals scored, five red cards handed out and six penalties awarded - of which five were converted. It was a relentless evening of Champions League football on Tuesday. Last season's winners Paris St-Germain hit seven past Leverkusen, with both teams having a player sent off and the German side's Alejandro Grimaldo missing a spot-kick. PSV Eindhoven fought back from a goal down before running riot in a 6-2 win against Italian champions Napoli."
"If we look at statistics from the perspective of a goal-per-games average across multiple games, Tuesday night has been bettered only by one other Champions League evening. That was 11 years ago when, on 21 October 2014, there were 40 goals in eight games (five goals per game). Sergio Aguero and James Milner found the back of the net for Manchester City in a 2-2 draw against CSKA Moscow - long before the club got their hands on the Champions League trophy."
A Champions League matchday produced 43 goals, five red cards and six penalties, five of which were converted. Paris St-Germain won 7-0 against Bayer Leverkusen, with both teams seeing a player sent off and Leverkusen missing a penalty. PSV Eindhoven recovered from a goal down to defeat Napoli 6-2. Arsenal, Newcastle and Manchester City also recorded convincing victories, while Erling Haaland scored for a 12th consecutive game. Only two previous Champions League evenings have produced more total goals, with one prior night delivering a superior goals-per-game average in October 2014.
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