Lamine Yamal breaks Kylian Mbappe's record and makes Champions League history against Aston Villa

Few players have reached the biggest stage in European football as quickly as Lamine Yamal. At an age when most footballers are still looking for their place in a first team, the Barcelona winger keeps adding milestones to a résumé that already looks like that of a veteran, and his latest one came in a match that started with a bang at Spotify Camp Nou.

Yamal scored in the seventh minute to put Barcelona ahead 1-0 against Aston Villa in Matchday 4 of the Champions League, after a mistake in Villa's build-up under Barcelona's high press. With that goal, Yamal reached14in the Champions League at the age of19 years and 113 days, according to the statistician MisterChip, making him the playerwith the most goals in the competition before turning 20, ahead of Kylian Mbappe, who scored13, andErling Haaland, with10.

Patrick Kluivertfollows withseven goals, while Raul, Karim Benzema and Jude Bellingham are tied withsix. Yamal still has time before his 20th birthday next July to extend the mark even further, and every new goal will make it harder for anyone to catch him.

Tweet placeholder Yamal vs Mbappe: Comparing their starts to the 2026-27 season Both forwards are essential pieces of their teams, and that shows in their strong starts to the season. Mbappe is leading Real Madrid as the team's top scorer, with15 goalsandthree assistsin14 matchesacross LaLiga and the Champions League.

see also Lamine Yamal reaches a milestone in Spanish football not seen since Lionel Messi in 2011 On the other side, young Barcelona forward Yamal has been decisive in his side's attack. In addition to being the team's second-highest scorer with13 goals, he is the top assister with11 assistsin15 matches.

Two different profiles, but the same impact: each has become the main reference of his team's attack. While Mbappe sets the pace with his goals, Yamal combines finishing and creativity, and both keep adding numbers that put them among the best attackers in Europe this season.