Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

RECORD NIGHT

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By beating Schalke 7-0,

Man City equalled the record for the largest margin of victory in knockout stage. They share the record with Bayern Munich, who have done it twice — against Basel in 2011–12 and vs Shakhtar Donetsk in 2014–15 season. SECOND BIGGEST MARGIN Bayern hold the record for biggest aggregate win. They beat Sporting CP 12–1 (5–0, 7–1) in round of 16 in 2008–09. 10-2 the aggregate margin that City achieved against Schalke has been registered thrice earlier — Lyon v Werder Bremen (3-0, 7-2) in 2004-05; Barcelona v Bayer (3-1, 7-1) in 2011-12 and Bayern v Arsenal (5-1, 5-1) in 2016-17.

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