Paris Saint-Germain make Champions League history with six-goal win in Spain

Paris Saint-Germain recorded a historic 6-0 victory over Villarreal in the fourth round of the Champions League league phase, securing the biggest away win in the club’s history in European competition.

Joao Neves opened the scoring in the ninth minute before Paris took advantage of an error by goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi three minutes later, with Desire Doue adding a second.

Senny Mayulu struck in the 13th minute and Fabian Ruiz completed a remarkable first-half spell by making it 4-0 in the 17th minute.

Ruiz scored again five minutes after the restart to claim his second goal of the match. Teenage substitute David Boly then added a sixth in the 78th minute, completing a decisive victory for Luis Enrique’s side and a series of new records.

According to Stats Foot, Paris scored four times in an eight-minute period. Neves scored in the ninth minute, Doue in the 12th, Mayulu in the 13th and Ruiz in the 17th.

That made Paris Saint-Germain the first team in Champions League history to score four goals in such a short period, with the sequence lasting 16 minutes and two seconds.

The French side also became the fastest visiting team to score three goals in the competition. Their third goal arrived after 13 minutes, beating the previous record held by Borussia Dortmund, who reached three goals in the 17th minute against Legia in 2016.

Paris Saint-Germain are the first French club since Olympique Lyonnais defeated Dinamo Zagreb 7-1 on 7 December 2011 to win away from home by a margin of six goals in the Champions League.

They are also only the second side in the competition’s history to beat a Spanish team by six goals. Bayern Munich were the first, defeating Barcelona 8-2 on 14 August 2020.

Another record followed as Paris became the first club to score six away goals against a Spanish opponent in the Champions League. The previous best was held by Monaco, who scored five against Deportivo La Coruna on 8 December 2004.

The result extended Paris Saint-Germain’s unbeaten run in the Champions League to 14 matches, comprising 10 wins and four draws. That equals the competition’s longest unbeaten sequence, previously set by Olympique Lyonnais between December 2004 and March 2006.

Paris have also scored 20 goals after four rounds of this season’s Champions League, setting a new record at this stage. Their previous best was 17 goals in the group phase of the 2017-18 campaign.