Conor Gallagher scored the quickest ever Champions League objective by an Englishman to offer Atletico Madrid a dream begin in opposition to Actual Madrid.
Nevertheless it sadly didn’t matter as Los Blancos superior into the quarter-finals after successful on penalties.
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Diego Simeone’s males trailed 2-1 heading into the last-16 second leg tie in opposition to their metropolis rivals on the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday evening.
Actual edged out the primary leg on the Bernabeu final week due to objectives from Rodrygo and Braham Diaz both facet of Julian Alvarez’s equaliser.
However with simply 27 seconds on the clock within the return fixture, Gallagher fired the hosts forward from shut vary.
The ex-Chelsea man capitalised on a free ball to poke previous Thibaut Courtois to spark wild celebrations.
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It is the quickest objective ever scored by an Englishman in Europe’s premier competitors.
And extremely, it is the 25-year-old’s first ever objective in Europe.
In one other report Gallagher has set, his strike is the quickest Champions League objective in Atletico’s historical past.
However the England worldwide’s objective was no match for Roy Makaay’s report fast strike for Bayern Munich in March 2007.
That objective coincidentally was additionally in opposition to Actual in a last-16 second leg – with Makaay discovering the again of the online in 10.12 seconds.
However in contrast to Atletico, the Bavarian outfit – who additionally misplaced the primary leg to Actual – managed to advance into the quarter-finals.
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Gallagher’s objective proved to be the one strike of the evening, however they got here up brief in penalties – shedding 4-2 within the shootout.
Regardless of his damage of the consequence, Gallagher has loved a superb opening season in Spain to date since becoming a member of from the Blues final summer time for £36million.
In what was his thirty sixth outing for Atletico, he now has chipped in with three objectives and 4 assists in all competitions.
Previous to the second leg in opposition to Actual, Gallagher hadn’t been on the rating sheet since September 22.
Nevertheless it’s his workrate and relentless vitality that’s what Simeone is in search of.
And that was definitely evident by the Argentine’s response to the midfielder’s last-ditch sort out within the 1-0 over Athletic Bilbao earlier this month.