Norwegian Erling Haaland scored the winning goal for his team Manchester City against his former team Borussia Dortmund, while French Kylian Mbappe netted one of the goals in Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-1 victory over Maccabi Haifa, bringing them level with Polish player Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona at the top of the Champions League's scoring chart for the 2022-2023 season. Lewandowski, who scored a hat-trick in the first round against Viktoria Plzen, failed to score against his former team Bayern Munich, leaving him with 3 goals, the same as Mbappe and Haaland.
Behind the trio, there are 10 players who have each scored two goals, including Ukrainians Marian Shved and Mykhailo Mudryk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Polish Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), German Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich), Mohammad Kudus (Ajax), Orestis (Dinamo Zagreb), Okafor (Salzburg), Richarlison (Tottenham), Salemaekers (Milan), and Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund).
UEFA nominated French player Mbappe, Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, German Jamal Musiala, and Spanish Ferran Jutgla for the Player of the Round award for the second matchday. Goals by John Stones and Erling Haaland from Manchester City, Arthur Gomes from Sporting Lisbon, and Orestis from Dinamo Zagreb were nominated for the Best Goal award.
A total of 39 goals were scored during the second matchday of the group stage, fewer than the 49 goals scored in the first round, increasing the overall tally to 88 goals in 32 matches, averaging 2.75 goals per match and one goal every 33 minutes.
