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Robert Lewandowski joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the only players in Champions League history with 100 or more goals.

Lewandowski’s early penalty kick started Barcelona off to a 3-0 win over previously unbeaten Brest to move into second place in the new single-league format. The Poland striker added goal No. 101 in second-half stoppage time.

Ronaldo leads the all-time scoring list with 140 goals, and Messi is next with 129. But neither Ronaldo nor Messi play in the Champions League anymore following moves to the Saudi Pro League and the MLS, respectively.

“I am very happy, it’s a lovely number to bring up. Years ago I did not think I could score more than 100 goals in the Champions League. To join Messi and Ronaldo … I guess they are good, right?” Lewandowski told Movistar.

“For me the most important thing is that we try to win every game, if I can score, then that’s the perfect solution,” he added.

Lewandowski, 36, required 125 matches to reach the century mark, two more than Messi (123) and 12 fewer than Ronaldo (137).

Barça coach Hansi Flick, who also worked with Lewandowski at Bayern Munich, lauded the striker’s achievement.

“I know him also two years from Munich; there he also broke every record you can break. Now he’s also scoring. It’s important for us. But the whole team is supporting him. The other players will help him score the goals,” Flick said.

Barcelona also got a second-half score from Dani Olmo as they returned to winning ways following two winless outings in LaLiga.

“I am really happy that we won today and got three points, but also that we dominated the match and the opponent, defended well and attacked well,” Flick added.

“This was good to see. Of course, in a long season there are some situations that we don’t expect, but in the end we came back and this was very important.

“I will not say everything was perfect, but it was a really good step after the [draw against Celta] Vigo. I miss a little bit the hunger to score more goals, but at the end three points is perfect.”

The top eight finishers in the Champions League standings advance directly to the round of 16 in March. Teams ranked ninth to 24th go into a knockout playoffs round in February, while the bottom 12 teams are eliminated.

Barça’s win against Brest saw them climb to second, with Flick keen to tie up a top eight spot as soon as possible with matches to come against Borussia Dortmund, Benfica and Atalanta.

“When we start the new Champions League, the new format, it was our goal to reach the top eight because then you have two weeks more [off] in February,” he said.

“But we know there are some appointments [to come]. We have to play against Dortmund the next match. It will be tough, in Dortmund they are good, but I think we are ready for that and we can show it in Dortmund.”

ESPN’s Sam Marsden and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City are in for a “tough” season after Feyenoord launched a stunning comeback to condemn his team to a sixth straight game without a win.

On the back of five straight defeats, City threw away a three-goal lead in the final 15 minutes to draw 3-3 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. At one stage, Guardiola’s team were fifth in the Champions League table, but ended the night in 15th.

“It will be a tough season for us and we have to accept it for many circumstances,” said Guardiola. “Today unfortunately the game was well done and we couldn’t punish them in the right moment. The team was so committed in many, many things but unfortunately in the moment something happens and we are not strong enough. We have to try and avoid those mistakes.”

City looked to be cruising to a comfortable win thanks to two goals from Erling Haaland and another from Ilkay Gündogan. What followed was an inexplicable collapse as Guardiola’s team conceded three late goals to add to the four they let in against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

“It was not necessary to say anything to them, they know it perfectly,” said the City boss. “It is what it is, difficult to swallow right now. The game was good, we played well, we scored three and could have scored more. It’s not about no run or no commitment, but football you have to be [switched on] in certain moments to do it. Rest one or two days and prepare for Anfield.”

Liverpool in the Premier League is next up for City on Sunday and Guardiola is faced with the task of trying to lift his players after a miserable run of results. Defeat would leave City 11 points adrift of the Reds.

“We have to, we have to,” he said. “That is my job.”

Mikel Arteta said Tuesday’s 5-1 thrashing of Sporting CP is a “landmark win” and the best European away performance of his five-year tenure as Arsenal manager.

Sporting were previously unbeaten in 19 matches across all competitions this season, but were hammered at the Estadio Jose Alvalade as goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Magalhães, Bukayo Saka’s penalty and substitute Leandro Trossard secured an emphatic victory.

It is the first time Arsenal have scored five goals in a Champions League away game since October 2008 and only the Gunners second win in nine matches on the road in the competition.

Arteta took charge of Arsenal in December 2019 and returned them to Europe’s premier club competition after a six-year absence. After exiting last season’s competition with a narrow 3-2 aggregate defeat at the quarterfinal stage, Arsenal were held at Atalanta and lost to Inter Milan on the road this term.

Asked if he this was Arsenal’s best European away win under his management, Arteta replied: “For sure, especially against the opponent that we played in their home. I don’t think they’ve lost here in 18 months. They’ve been in top form, they’ve been better than everyone they’ve played here. To play to that level with the fluidity that we’ve done today, very pleased.

“For sure [it is a landmark win] because the performance was there a few times when we have played big teams. We played Paris Saint-Germain and we were exceptional again. We played Bayern Munich and were exceptional.

“But we made some mistakes and it cost us. That’s the level. We have to be able to cope. You have to make it happen. That creates belief. We need that consistency because the ability is there.”

The result leaves Arsenal on 10 points after five games — inside the top-8 ahead of Wednesday’s games — with their next match against AS Monaco on Dec. 11 at the Emirates.