Real Madrid rout RB Leipzig 4-1 to continue perfect Champions League start

Kylian Mbappe and Yan Diomande people stunners arsenic Real bushed Leipzig to marque it 3 from 3 successful Champions League.

Real Madrid claimed a 3rd Champions League triumph successful arsenic galore games, thrashing RB Leipzig 4-1 connected Wednesday, with Kylian Mbappe and Yan Diomande among the goalscorers for Jose Mourinho’s side.

Bernardo Silva opened the scoring for Madrid from adjacent scope precocious successful a choky archetypal half, with Arda Guler doubling the vantage of the grounds 15-time European champions soon aft the interval.

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Mbappe bent location a 3rd earlier Tidiam Gomis pulled 1 backmost for the German side, and Diomande rammed a volley into the apical country precocious connected to headdress Madrid’s triumph.

Their 4th consecutive triumph crossed each competitions volition boost Madrid’s morale up of Sunday’s La Liga Clasico against bitter rivals Barcelona.

Without a large trophy successful 2 seasons and aft a shaky home start, Madrid tin astatine slightest boast a cleanable grounds successful Europe, dissimilar Barca aft their decision astatine Paris Saint-Germain connected Tuesday.

Mourinho started Vinicius, serving a four-match prohibition successful La Liga, connected the near flank and benched erstwhile Leipzig winger Diomande, contempt his improving form.

The manager besides brought Bernardo Silva and Eduardo Camavinga into midfield and enactment midfielder Federico Valverde astatine right-back again, arsenic helium did successful Sunday’s triumph astatine Sevilla.

Visitors Leipzig created the archetypal large chance, with Madrid stopper Thibaut Courtois getting down debased to marque a superb prevention from Romulo Cardoso.

Vinicius, who improved connected a mediocre showing astatine Roma past week without breaking retired of his rut, drew a full-stretch prevention from Leipzig’s Maarten Vandevoordt.

Madrid carved retired an vantage successful the last stages of a low-key archetypal fractional erstwhile Valverde chopped the shot backmost for Guler, whose changeable Vandevoordt saved. However, the goalkeeper could not wide it, and Silva darted successful to prod implicit the line.

It was the erstwhile Manchester City midfielder’s archetypal extremity for the nine aft joining this summer.

Vandevoordt saved good from Valverde’s fierce effort earlier Guler enactment Madrid 2 goals up successful the 52nd minute.

Jude Bellingham crossed to the backmost station and Mbappe nodded the shot crossed goal, with Guler capable to clasp disconnected a defender and crook home.

Mbappe lashed a changeable into the broadside netting aft Bellingham teed it up, arsenic Madrid looked to enactment the crippled retired of sight.

Mourinho sent connected Diomande for Vinicius with 20 minutes remaining, and the Brazilian looked disappointed connected the bench, knowing helium cannot play again until November 4, erstwhile Madrid sojourn AEK Athens.

Madrid’s grounds 140 million-euro ($157m) signing, Diomande, pulled the shot backmost to Mbappe connected the borderline of the container for Madrid’s third, and the French guardant bent it home.

Leipzig rapidly grabbed a consolation extremity astatine the different extremity arsenic Dean Huijsen switched off, with Gomis firing past Courtois.

Diomande ended proceedings with a bang, rattling an emphatic volley from Brahim Diaz’s transverse into the apical country for his 3rd extremity successful his past 4 appearances.