Attack with Speed, Attack in Behind

After the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Premier League teams remained the stars of the round.

Of the five teams, four had claimed victories.

Tottenham Hotspur were the only side not to win, but they had held Real Madrid to a draw away at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Coming away unscathed from the Galactic Battleship's home ground was, in itself, a decent result.

Aside from Liverpool's big away win, Chelsea and Serie A's Roma had played out a thrilling goal-fest at Stamford Bridge.

In the end, Hazard's last-gasp winner gave The Blues a narrow 4-3 victory.

Messi scored a magnificent free kick in that match.

It was the 100th European goal of his career, making him the second player in history after Cristiano Ronaldo to reach that milestone.

But it was believed that a third would emerge before long.

That would be Chen Anno.

His European goal tally had already reached 78.

Compared with the first two, including this season, this was only his fifth UEFA Champions League campaign.

Barring any surprises, while Chen Anno would not be the first player to score 100 European goals, he would certainly be the fastest.

At Chen Anno's current scoring rate, breaking that record was probably only a matter of time.

Manchester United, meanwhile, edged Benfica 1-0 away from home.

That match also saw a record set.

Benfica fielded Svilar, a goalkeeper who was just 18 years and 52 days old.

He surpassed Casillas to become the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in the UEFA Champions League.

Though Benfica lost, their young goalkeeper made the entire world remember his name with that one performance.

Perhaps that was the charm of the UEFA Champions League: it could always make young players famous overnight.

The final Premier League side, Manchester City, comfortably