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UCL: Morata tops highest goalscorers’ chart as nine teams qualify for Round of 16
Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland, Juventus’ Álvaro Morata, and Marcus Rashford of Manchester United are 2020/21 UEFA Champions League joint top scorers with six goals apiece.
Haaland had been out in front with six goals from four games, but did not feature in Dortmund’s 1-1 draw with Lazio on Matchday 5..
Morata and Rashford, meanwhile, added a goal each to their tallies to join the young Norwegian at the top of the pile.
Olivier Giroud is in a chasing pack of two players who are one adrift after scoring all the goals in Chelsea’s 4-0 win at Sevilla.
UEFA Champions League leading scorers after Wednesday’s matches:
6 goals: Morata (Juventus), Haaland (Dortmund), Rashford (Manchester United)
5 goals: Berisha (Salzburg), Giroud (Chelsea), Plea (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
4 goals: Immobile (Lazio), Jota (Liverpool), Lukaku (Inter Milan)
3 goals: Braithwaite (Barcelona), Coman (Bayern Munich), Dembele (Barcelona), Felix (Atletico Madrid), Fernandes (Manchester United), Kahveci (Istanbul Basaksehir), Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Messi (Barcelona), An. Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Neymar (Paris SG), Oliveira (Porto), Torres (Manchester City), Werner (Chelsea), Zapata (Atalanta)
UEFA Champions League last-16 qualifiers
Nine teams have qualified for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League last 16 after Wednesday’s matches:
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Chelsea
Juventus
Liverpool
Manchester City
Porto
Sevilla
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