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In the 71st minute, the 18-year-old replacement raced onto Vanderson’s long ball over the top of the defense and fired a shot that went past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

After Ter Stegen’s clumsy ball out of the back, Eric Garcia fouled Takumi Minamino as the final man, earning a straight red card barely ten minutes into the game.

Maghnes Akliouche quickly gave Monaco the lead by slotting past Ter Stegen, who was glued to the spot.

Lamine Yamal, a teenage sensation for Barcelona, equalized the score with his first Champions League goal after latching onto a long ball, cutting inside, and sending a low shot into the bottom corner.

However, Ilenikhena’s goal—his first since leaving Royal Antwerp in—came inVanderson’s strike from the edge of the area was pushed past the post while Minamino had an effort deflected on to the crossbar for the hosts. It could have been a more emphatic win but Folarin Balogun had a penalty overturned late on following a video assistant referee (VAR) check after he was adjudged to have gone down too easily under the challenge of Inigo Martinez

Ilenikhena outshines Yamal as teenagers make history

After coming off the bench in the 59th minute, Ilenikhena scored 12 minutes later to help his new team win.

With a cool-headed finish, the young player broke Kylian Mbappe’s record of 18 years and 63 days set in February 2017 to become Monaco’s youngest Champions League striker (18 years and 34 days).

Having already scored for Antwerp in December of last year, he is also the first player in the history of the competition to score against the same side in consecutive games but for different sides.

It took Yamal eleven Champions League games to score his first goal in the competition as he put in another outstanding performance. Yamal, who has had an amazing year after winning the European Championship with SpHe has now made the most appearances by a player aged 17 or under in the competition’s history.Yamal scored in two consecutive games for the first time for Barca and became the second youngest goalscorer in Champions League history (17 years and 68 days), second only to team-mate Ansu Fati (17 and 40 days) in December 2019.

The 17-year-old also became the youngest Ballon d’Or nominee when the shortlist was announced earlier this monthain,