Real Madrid 4-1 RB Leipzig: Mbappé scores and assists as Madrid make it three wins from three

Real Madrid beat RB Leipzig 4-1 at the Bernabéu on Wednesday night to keep a 100% record in this season’s Champions League, BBC Sport reported. The attendance was 73,016.

Goals

• 43’ Bernardo Silva, who joined from Manchester City in the summer, scored his first Real Madrid goal from close range after Arda Güler’s shot was deflected, according to BBC Sport.
• 52’ Güler tapped in after Kylian Mbappé headed the ball across goal.
• 83’ Mbappé curled in from the edge of the area. BBC Sport said it was his 12th goal in 12 games this season.
• 85’ Tidiam Gomis pulled one back for Leipzig, assisted by Christoph Baumgartner.
• 87’ Substitute Yan Diomande, who left Leipzig in the summer, scored with a volley from outside the box.

BBC Sport said Leipzig had the more dangerous chances for much of the first half, when Thibaut Courtois saved from Christopher Nkunku and Rômulo. UEFA named Mbappé player of the match. ESPN reported that Vinícius Júnior was whistled by sections of the home crowd.

Standings and next games

José Mourinho’s side have nine points from three games; Leipzig have three, according to BBC Sport’s table. Madrid face Barcelona in La Liga on Sunday 25 October (8pm GMT) and visit AEK Athens on 4 November, BBC Sport said.

See also: Wednesday’s Champions League round-up and Real Madrid 4-1 Sevilla.