Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappé and now Ousmane Dembélé. Fourth top scorer in the history of the Champions League with 90 goals, “KB9” is unsurprisingly the top French scorer in the knockout phase in C1. He concluded his time at Real Madrid with 34 goals in the CL knockout phase, well ahead of Thierry Henry, who scored 12 in those matches – one with AS Monaco (in the semi-final second leg against Juventus), seven with Arsenal and four with Barça.
While Kylian Mbappé now has 25 goals in the knockout phase, Ousmane Dembélé has overtaken Thierry Henry this season. His double against Bayern, Tuesday evening at the Parc des Princes, during a match that has now become legendary (5-4), allows him to increase his tally to 14 goals in the knockout phase of the Champions League.
Thierry Henry suffers from Arsenal’s record
Legendary scorer with Arsenal (1999-2007, 226 goals in 370 matches), quadruple top scorer in the Premier League, Thierry Henry has twice reached the 7-goal mark in a C1 season. Above all, the number 14 has not played many knockout matches with the Gunners. For the first season of the young world champion 98, in 1999-2000, the residents of Wembley (the leaders at the time wanted to play in a bigger stadium than Highbury) finished 3rd in the group to be transferred to the UEFA Cup.
Arsenal were then eliminated in the quarter-finals in 2001 and 2003, did not pass the second group stage in 2002 and 2003, failed in the round of 16 in 2005 and 2007 and reached the final in 2006, only to lose against Barça (2-1) at the Stade de France. Henry scored five goals during this great run, including two in the knockout phase. Left winger once at FC Barcelona, ​​the former Monegasque notably scored three goals against OL in the round of 16 at the start of 2009, before being relegated to the bench the following season by Pep Guardiola from the round of 16.
