Neves, Dembélé, Ferran: September in numbers

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As we approach the end of a month that saw Les Parisiens earn three wins in four games, check out the standout stats and facts from their September!

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Against AS Monaco on 4th September, João Neves reached a highly symbolic milestone as he made his 100th appearance for Paris Saint-Germain across all competitions. Since his arrival in the French capital, the Portugal international has racked up not just a century of appearances but also a healthy total of goal contributions (28), scoring 14 and assisting in 14.

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Neves isn't the only centurion in the squad, however, as Fabián Ruiz reached a similar landmark in that game against ASM by featuring for the capital club for the 100th time in Ligue 1. Here's to many more achievements like this for the Spanish midfielder in his future days with Paris.

The continental stage beckoned five days later, as Les Parisiens began their latest UEFA Champions League campaign at home to Slovan Bratislava. European nights have certainly become a regular feature for Paris in recent years, as demonstrated by the fact that this match marked the start of our men's team's 15th consecutive season in the UCL, a record for a French club.

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That evening also saw Ousmane Dembélé break yet more new ground with Paris Saint-Germain. By bagging two goals and two assists against the Slovaks, the France international brought his total number of Rouge et Bleu goal involvements up to 103 across all competitions. As a result, our no. 10 became the first player in the current Paris squad to reach triple figures in this respect.

Within that tally of 103 goal involvements hid a nice round number, as Dembélé's assists alone counted for 40 of them. It's stats like this that continue to show just how influential the French striker is for his side's attacking line.

Talk about hitting the ground running! In Paris's 2–1 win away to Marseille on Matchday 5 of Ligue 1, Ferran Torres again showed his clinical side by opening the scoring with a header. This goal was the Spanish striker's seventh for Les Parisiens in just 300 minutes of game time across all competitions, which is quite simply an unprecedented feat in the capital club's history. Ferran's achievement is even more remarkable when you consider that it beats that of a legendary Paris figure, Zlatan Ibrahimović, who needed 490 minutes in order to reach the same number of goals for the club.