"Jules Kounde was the unlikely hero as his double powered Barcelona to a 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt to boost their Champions League hopes. Ansgar Knauff fired the visitors ahead on Tuesday, only for Kounde to inspire a second-half turnaround to move Barcelona up to 14th and just two points shy of the top eight. Robert Lewandowski saw an early strike ruled out for offside in the build-up against Raphinha, before Gerard Martin stung the palms of Michael Zetterer from range in a one-sided opening."
"But it was Eintracht who struck first against the run of play when Knauff beat Alejandro Balde to Nathaniel Brown's throughball and steered into the bottom-right corner in the 21st minute. The visitors almost doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time, though Ellyes Skhiri's first-time effort flew just over the top-right corner. A half-time change made the difference, however, as substitute Marcus Rashford curled in for Kounde to head home in the 50th minute."
"Data Debrief: Yamal makes more history Yamal has now been directly involved in 14 goals in the Champions League for Barcelona (seven goals, seven assists). His well-weighted delivery for Kounde's second saw Yamal overtake Kylian Mbappe (13) for the most goal involvements by a player aged 18 or younger in the competition's history (since 1992-93). Kounde also became the first Barcelona player to score two headed goals in a single Champions League match, though Hansi Flick will have felt a victory was the least"
Jules Kounde scored two headed goals to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory for Barcelona over Eintracht Frankfurt. Ansgar Knauff gave Eintracht the lead in the 21st minute with a low finish. Barcelona had an early disallowed Lewandowski strike and several chances before half-time. A half-time change produced an immediate impact as a substitute curled in for Kounde to head home in the 50th minute, and Kounde added a second header three minutes later from Lamine Yamal's delivery. Barcelona finished with 1.43 expected goals to Eintracht's 0.77. Yamal reached 14 Champions League goal involvements.
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