The match was remembered by interesting statistical facts.
Arsenal became the first club in the history of the European Champions Cup/Champions League, which defeated the Spanish club in the sixth match in a row.
Gabriel Martinelli became the author of the victorious goal of Arsenal. The Brazilian replaced and after 36 seconds was scored by a scored ball.
Last season of the Champions League, only one player scored, after replacement, was killed – Admola Lucman (Atlanta), who took 35 seconds to score a goal at Bruges’s goal.
In general, the replacement of Michely Arts turned out to be successful. Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossar, appearing on the field in the second half, scored goals and effective gears for each other.
Gabriel Martinelli scored 5 heads in the Champions League, with 3 of them in the gate of Spanish teams (Seville, Real, Athletic).
Athletic became the first Spanish team after Real in 1995 to start a match with 11 starting players who had never played in the Champions League before.
11 – Athletic Club Are The First Spanish Side to Start a Uefa Champions League Game With 11 Players Who have Never Played UEFA Champions League Football Before Since Since pic.twitter.com/bdazdccnyw
– Optajose (@eptajse) September 16, 2025
🏴 Gabriel Martinelli’s Goals in UCL:🇪🇸 V athletic (a) [25/26]
🇪🇸 V Real Madrid (a) [24/25]
🇵🇹 V Sporting (a) [24/25]
🇫🇷 v Lens (h) [23/24]
🇪🇸 v sevilla (a) [23/24]#Afc #athars #ucl pic.twitter.com/lz6lpn9rxl– Playmakerstats (@Playmaker_en) September 16, 2025
There Were Just 36 Seconds Between Gabriel Martinelli Coming on for Eberechi Eze and the Brazilian Opening the Scoring for Arsenal.ONLY SUBSTITUTE LAST SEASON (ADEMOLA LOOKMAN VS CLUB BRUGGE – 35 SCOS) Scored Quicker After Coming Off The Bench in the 2024-25 Campaign #UCl Pic.twitter.com/j6PBKV1GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
– Opta Analyst (@optaanalyst) September 16, 2025
Arsenal vs bilbao:65 ‘ – TRINSARD SUBBED ON
71 ‘ – Martinelli subbed On
72 ‘ – Martinelli Goal + Trossard Assist
87 ‘ – Trossard Goal + Martinelli AssistSuper Subs. pic.twitter.com/57n91xq5r
– Statmuse FC (@statmusefc) September 16, 2025
Source: Sport.ua