What happened
Lamine Yamal scored his 13th Champions League goal in the 79th minute against Paris Saint-Germain, levelling Kylian Mbappe's teenage record, before PSG won 4-2.
Why it matters
Barcelona's 11-match winning start ended, and the teenager now stands level with Mbappe on the Champions League list of teenage scorers.
Remember this
13 goals, 35 games — Yamal has caught Mbappe.
More context & who is affected
Lamine Yamal drifted behind Paris Saint-Germain's backline in the 79th minute and finished past Matvey Safonov to level at 2-2, reaching 13 Champions League goals as a teenager.
That ties Kylian Mbappe's teenage total, though Yamal needed 35 appearances for it while Mbappe hit his 13 in 23, and Erling Haaland sits third on the list with 10.
Paris won 4-2 at the Parc des Princes, with Doué and Lucas Hernández scoring and Vitinha and Fabián Ruiz adding late. It was Barcelona's first defeat of the season.
- Yamal's teenage UCL goals
- 13 13 Champions League goals as a teenager, levelling Mbappe's record in 35 appearancesSportstar / The Hindu
- Mbappe's teenage UCL goals
- 13 Mbappe scored his 13 Champions League goals as a teenager in just 23 appearancesSportstar / The Hindu
- Haaland, third
- 10 Erling Haaland sits third on the teenage Champions League scoring list with 10 goalsSportstar / The Hindu
- Matchday result
- PSG 4-2 Barcelona Paris beat Barcelona 4-2 at the Parc des Princes on 20 October 2026ESPN (Mark Ogden / Sam Marsden)
The teenage scoring list
Mbappe set the teenage UCL benchmark with 13 goals in 23 appearances; Yamal has now reached the same total across 35 starts, with Erling Haaland third on 10. The 4-2 defeat snapped Barcelona's 11-match winning start in all competitions.
Football Fans
Fans tracking Europe's top teenagers can now count Yamal level with Mbappe on Champions League goals under 20, with Erling Haaland still third.
Football Fans
Record-level teenage strikes tend to draw commercial attention, though this reporting contains no transfer or valuation figure.
Reporting fromSportstar / The Hindu ↗ESPN (Mark Ogden / Sam Marsden) ↗
Sources & verification2 sources · 4 claims
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- Sportstar / The HinduReporting
Lamine Yamal levels Kylian Mbappe's record for most UEFA Champions League goals as a teenager ↗
Published Oct 21, 2026 · Accessed Oct 21, 2026 - ESPN (Mark Ogden / Sam Marsden)Reporting
Barcelona, PSG thriller in Champions League proves these are the two best ↗
Published Oct 21, 2026 · Accessed Oct 21, 2026
Claims and linked sources
Lamine Yamal scored his 13th Champions League goal in the 79th minute against Paris Saint-Germain on 20 October 2026.
The goal levelled Kylian Mbappe's record of 13 Champions League goals scored as a teenager.
Yamal reached the tally in 35 Champions League appearances, while Mbappe scored his 13 in 23.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2 at the Parc des Princes, ending Barcelona's 11-match winning start in all competitions.
