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By ANDREW DAMPF

ROME (AP) — Robert Lewandowski joins Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the only players in Champions League history with 100 or more goals. But Erling Haaland has a faster pace than anyone else and on Tuesday, at the age of 24, increased his total to 46 goals.

Still, Haaland’s brace wasn’t enough for Manchester City in a 3-3 draw with Feyenoord, which extended the Premier League champions’ winning streak to six games.

Lewandowski’s early penalty lifted Barcelona to a 3-0 win over previously unbeaten Brest to move into second place in the new single league format. The Polish striker scored his 101st goal in second-half stoppage time.

Ronaldo leads the all-time top scorer list with 140 goals, Messi follows with 129. But neither Ronaldo nor Messi are playing in the Champions League anymore after moving to Saudi Arabia and the USA respectively.

“That’s a nice number,” said Lewandowski. “Before, I wouldn’t have thought that I could score more than 100 goals in the Champions League. I’m in good company alongside Cristiano and Messi.”

The 36-year-old Lewandowski needed 125 games to reach the century mark, two more than Messi (123) and 12 fewer than Ronaldo (137).

Barcelona also scored in the second half through Dani Olmo.

The top eight overall teams will advance directly to the round of 16 in March. Teams placed ninth through 24th advance to the knockout playoff round in February, while the bottom 12 teams are eliminated.

Haaland has scored 46 goals in 44 games

Haaland converted a penalty in the first half, surpassing Messi as the youngest player to score 45 goals. He scored City’s third goal after the break, taking his total to 46 goals in 44 games.

Ilkay Gündogan had City’s second goal.

But then Feyenoord hit back with goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and David Hancko.

Inter are leading the table and have not conceded a goal

Inter Milan beat Leipzig 1-0 with an own goal and sits at the top of the table with 13 points, one more than Barcelona and Liverpool, who face Real Madrid on Wednesday. The Serie A champions are the only club not to concede a goal.

Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 – the same result as the 2020 final between the two teams. PSG finished with 10 men and remained in the elimination zone. After Kylian Mbappé moved to Real Madrid, the French superstar is having problems in Europe.

Kim Min-jae’s header in the first half was enough for Bayern, especially after Ousmane Dembelé was sent off for his second yellow-red card in the 56th minute.

Atalanta moved to within two points of the lead with a 6-1 win at Young Boys. Charles De Ketelaere scored two goals and assisted three more goals for Atalanta.

Arsenal also kept red-hot striker Viktor Gyokeres quiet in their 5-1 win over Sporting Lisbon; and Germany star Florian Wirtz scored two goals and was involved in two more as Bayer Leverkusen boosted their chances of a place in the top eight with a 5-0 win over Salzburg.

AC Milan followed up their victory over Real Madrid with another win

AC Milan followed up their win over Real Madrid in an early game with a 3-2 win at bottom side Slovan Bratislava.

Christian Pulisic gave the seven-time champions the lead with a counterattack midway through the first half. Rafael Leao then restored the Rossoneri’s lead after Tigran Barseghyan equalized for Bratislava and Tammy Abraham quickly added another goal.

Nino Marcelli scored with a long-range shot in the 88th minute for Bratislava, who finished with 10 men.

Bratislava lost all five games.

Alvarez and Griezmann lead Atletico to a 6-0 win

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