Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic rocketed to the top of the Champions League goalscorers' list with a thunderbolt in his side's 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in Germany.
The Swedish ace scored twice for PSG in the victory over 10-man Leverkusen in the last 16, first-leg clash on Tuesday.
Ibrahimovic replaced Cristiano Ronaldo as the competition's top-scorer with 10 goals in six Champions League games this season after the Swede netted four in the 5-0 rout of RSC Anderlecht in Belgium last October.
His second goal in the 42nd minute against Leverkusen stole the show with the left-foot screamer from the edge of the area putting PSG up 3-0.
The goal came just three minutes after Ibrahimovic slotted a penalty.
"We had a good start and when you are one goal up, it's easier, it gives you space," said Ibrahimovic.
"We had a good first half and continued to play our game after the break, when they played with one less, so it was a good day."
Left winger Blaise Matuidi put PSG ahead with barely two minutes gone while replacement Yohan Cabaye added PSG's fourth just before the final whistle.
"I have an embarrassment of riches in my team at the moment," said PSG's contented coach Laurent Blanc.
Bayer were reduced to 10 men when Ibrahimovic's marker Emir Spahic was sent off for a second yellow, and the subsequent red, for the final half an hour.
Sami Hyypia-coached Leverkusen now face an unenviable task to try and salvage something from the return leg in Paris on March 12.
