Como's 9-1 win at Lens matches Liverpool and Real Madrid in Champions League record books
Como's 9-1 demolition of Lens equals the Champions League record for the biggest winning margin, a feat shared with Liverpool and Real Madrid.
Como have written their name into the Champions League record books after a remarkable 9-1 win at Lens. The Italian side became only the third team in the competition's history to win a match by an eight-goal margin, equalling the record set by Liverpool and Real Madrid.
Cesc Fabregas' side produced the performance on 4 November, and the result places Como alongside two of European football's most famous clubs. It also brings back memories of some of the competition's most one-sided encounters.
Liverpool 8-0 Beşiktaş (November 2007)
Liverpool became the first team in the Champions League era to win by an eight-goal margin when they beat Beşiktaş during the 2007/08 campaign. Rafael Benítez's side had been runners-up the previous season, but had earned only one point from their first three games before the win over the Turkish side turned their campaign around.
Yossi Benayoun scored a hat-trick for the home side, while Peter Crouch and Ryan Babel each scored twice. Steven Gerrard was also on target in a record-setting win for the Reds.
Real Madrid 8-0 Malmö (December 2015)
Real Madrid matched Liverpool's scoreline eight years later, with Cristiano Ronaldo at the heart of the rout. He scored four goals as the Swedish side were thrashed at the Bernabéu.
Karim Benzema also scored a hat-trick, and the pair became the first two teammates to score trebles in the same Champions League game. Mateo Kovačić completed the scoring. That Real Madrid side went on to win the competition, beating Atlético Madrid in the final.
Como's record-equalling run
Como's first-ever Champions League campaign is proving a memorable one. The Italians beat Manchester United in a statement result earlier in the league phase, before the record-equalling performance at Lens.
The 9-1 scoreline was the biggest-ever away win in the Champions League era, according to the report. Como also became only the second team to score nine goals in a Champions League match, after Bayern Munich beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 in 2024.
