Neymar Jr, maximum assistant of the Champions 2016-17

The Brazilian attacker of the FC Barcelona, Neymar Jr, was not able to show all his potential against the Manchester City in the Etihad Stadium, because of the bad global party of all the team and to the high intensity with which played the "citizens", that prevented him have of too many balloons and ones against ones in the left band.

In spite of everything, "Ney" was able of engrosar his statistics regarding passes ofgoal , since it assisted to Leo Messi in the first goal of the meeting, in the minute 21, after driving from his own field a contragolpe culminated by the Argentinian, after a pass measured to the centre of the area.

With this assistance, Neymar Jr already adds a total of six passes of goal in four days of phase of groups, something that is not at all badly taking into account that it serves him to lead the table of maximum assistants of the Champions League 2016-17.

Four of these passes gave them against the Celtic of Glasgow in the first day, whereas the maximum second assistant of the competition only carries three passes ofgoal , and is David Praises, empatado precisely with a mate of Neymar Jr, Luis Suárez.

MAXIMUM ASSISTANTS OF CHAMPIONS

• Neymar (Barça) 6
• David Praises (Bayern) 3
• Luis Suárez (Barça) 3
• Lucas Pérez (Arsenal) 2
• Guido Carrillo (Monaco) 2
• Christian Pulišić (Dortmund) 2
• Andrés Iniesta (Barça) 2
• Erik Lamela (Tottenham) 2