Ademola Lookman provided the 50th assist of his senior club career in the UEFA Champions League, while Mubarak Suleiman matched a record held by Alex Iwobi for Nigerian teenagers in the competition.
Lookman came on at half-time for Atletico Madrid, who trailed Stuttgart 1-0. Barely a minute into the second half, the Super Eagles forward found Julian Alvarez unmarked in the area, and the Argentine swept in the equaliser 80 seconds after the restart.
It was Alvarez’s first goal of the season, in a campaign that followed a summer of transfer speculation as Barcelona tried to lure him from Atletico.
Lookman now has 50 assists in senior club football, according to Transfermarkt.
Stuttgart had dominated the first half and went ahead in the 36th minute through Jamie Leweling, who struck low from the edge of the area. Atletico then lost midfielder Morten Hjulmand to a red card in the 64th
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