Robert Lewandowski has joined Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League 100 club after scoring for Barcelona against Brest.

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• Lewandowski brings up Champions League century
• Only the third player to do so
• Ronaldo and Messi ahead of him

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Lewandowski scored after just 10 minutes against Stade Brestois in the Champions League on Tuesday evening. The Pole now has six goals in five matches in this campaign and has subsequently brought up 100 goals in the competition.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Only two players have scored over 100 goals in the Champions League: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Ronaldo has scored 141 goals in the Champions League, while Messi has netted 129. Lewandowski is the third to join the club. Karim Benzema is fourth in the list with 90 goals but the next active player on the list is Thomas Muller, in eighth, with 54 strikes for Bayern Munich.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  The Pole has scored his 100 goals for three clubs: Borussia Dortmund, Bayern, and Barcelona. He won the competition in 2020 with Bayern, scoring 15 goals in 10 games as the Bavarians strolled to glory.

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  WHAT NEXT?

  After facing Brest, Barcelona play Las Palmas on Saturday in La Liga. They are currently top of the table in Spain, four points clear of second-placed Real Madrid.

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