Live updates for Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich: Kane's goal doubles the recent Champions League score. Bayern is ahead
90 min Four minutes of added time. Any chance you could make it four hours, chaps?
89 min: Mbappe shoots just wide!
Mbappe runs at a weary, backpedalling defence, uses the defender as a screen and wallops a curling shot towards goal from 25 yards. Neuer doesn’t bother moving, he knows he’s not getting there, and the ball whooshes fractionally wide.
Mbappe runs at a weary, backpedalling defence, uses the defender as a screen and wallops a curling shot towards goal from 25 yards. Neuer doesn’t bother moving, he knows he’s not getting there, and the ball whooshes fractionally wide.
89 min: Chance for Bayern! Olise teases a lovely ball towards Davies beyond the far post. He could shoot but instead touches it back to Musiala, whose shot bobbles tamely wide of the far post.
86 min Neuer sweeper-keeps a long way outside his area. So far, so normal, except he almost ran past the ball to give a Real player an open goal. Don’t ask me who it was because there is so much going on. Talking of which, Musiala has just been booked for wiping out Brahim Diaz.
84 min According to Niall Mullen, "the tedious debate around Trent has always missed the point somewhat." "He can do things of such high quality that he makes people who enjoy that kind of thing happy." which I do.
83 min Neuer does well to hold Eder Militao's ostentatious curler from the ensuing corner. Bayern is holding on.
Has there been a discussion about Trent?
83 min Neuer beats away Vinicius's fierce shot on the run after Mbappe stabs a straightforward pass into the box. Neuer's location made the save somewhat comfortable despite the tight angle.
82 min Neuer is booked for taking too long over a goalkick.
81 min It’s like a basketball game at the moment. Musiala is tackled in the Real area; seconds later, Vinicius Jr. is challenged in Bayern’s.
80 min A wobbling shot from Diaz, 22 yards out, is comfortably saved by Neuer.
79 min Bayern makes a menacing break. Mbappe skillfully tackles Luis Diaz as he rushes into the Real area. Perhaps this is Real's first breeze, or perhaps it's their second. In any case, if Bayern doesn't score a third, this will be a tough fifteen minutes for them.
78 min Alexander-Arnold's goal-scoring cross wasn't really a cross at all; rather, it was an incredibly skillful pass.
77 min Luis Diaz received a booking for fouling someone. Kane heads Alexander-Arnold's left-wing free kick over his own bar. Things that pulsate.
76 min "As an ardent AC Milan fan, I have witnessed the destruction of two highly renowned Spanish teams in my lifetime: Real Madrid's 5-0 victory at San Siro in 1989 and Barcelona's 4-0 victory in Athens in 2004," Giovanni Cafagna says. The tickets are still with me. I will always treasure those memories, and I'm happy for the Bayern supporters at the Bernabeu because if their team has endured the same degree of humiliation as mine in thirty years, they will look forward to sharing those memories in an email to the future Rob Smyth.
If I am doing this in 30 years’ time, sometihng has gone bad- hang on, I’ll be alive and sentient in my eighties!
75 min Shortly after kickoff, Kane snags an inventive volley on the spin that flashes just wide of the far post. Bayern had become a bit reckless at 2-0, but the goal ought to wake them up.
Real Madrid is a constant in this competition. They have had multiple chances in the last ten minutes, and Mbappe has now seized one. Alexander-Arnold played a give-and-go with Valverde on the right and produced a lovely angled cross, giving Mbappe an easy chance at the far post. Neuer managed to grab something on the shot as he crawled toward his own goal, even if I think Brahim Diaz made sure the ball got over the line.
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-2 Bayern Munich (Mbappe 74)
It’s been coming.
73 min Carreras fouls Olise, who will be living rent-free in his head for the forseeable.
72 min Following Tah's foul, which caught him on the back of the achilles, Mbappe is still unconscious. Although I don't believe it was intentional, it was undoubtedly unpleasant.
Mbappe is now his backup.
71 min: Real substitution Brahim Diaz on, Arda Guler off.
71 min Tah is booked for a foul on Mbappe. He’s not on a yellow card, or rather he wasn’t.
69 min: Double substitution for Bayern Alphonso Davies and Jamal Musiala – imagine having those two on your subs bench – replace Konrad Laimer and Serge Gnabry.
68 min: Chance for Mbappe! Suddenly Real are creating chances galore. Mbappe gives the ball to Vinicius Jr, who waits for Mbappe’s run on the outside and plays a nice reverse pass into the area. Mbappe runs round the ball and sweeps a shot just wide of the far post.
67 min Another chance goes begging for Real, with Eder Militao heading the resulting corner over the bar. He wasn’t quite able to get over the ball.
66 min: Outstanding save by Neuer!
Mbappe runs at a backpedalling Bayern defence and pings a superb low drive from the edge of the area. Neuer plunges to his right and just manages to brush the ball past the post. That’s his best save of the game.
Real have been a bit of a mess, yet they could easily have scored four.
65 min Kimmich’s corner flashes across the face, hits a Real defender and rebounds to Diaz. He makes room for a shot that is blocked in the six-yard box. That was another chance for Bayern.
63 min Olise dances infield from the right and flashes a curler just over the bar. He’s been outrageously good.
62 min: Double substitution for Real Jude Bellingham and Eder Militao replace Thiago Pitarch and Dean Huijsen.
61 min: Vinicius Jr. misses a sitter!
The jeers for Carreras sound like cheers in comparison to the reaction Vincius Jr. has just elicited from the home fans. Upamecano’s off-balance backheader was well short, allowing Vinicius to charge through on goal. He went round Neuer, who had come to the edge of the area, but was forced a bit wide and screwed his shot off target. Oof. That could have been a turnin
60 min It’s a surprise we haven’t seen Jude Bellingham yet. Or any of the Real subs.
59 min Jeers from the home fans as Carreras lets the ball run under his foot and out of play. The poor guy has had a horrible game.
59 min I didn’t see Ajax’s mythical 2-0 win at the Bernabeu in 1995, as it was my first term at university and y’know, but I’d imagine their performance was similar to Bayern’s tonight. There are very few precedents for a team dominating Real like this on their own patch.
58 min Olise’s deep corner is headed wide by Upamecano, arriving late beyond thr far post. Lunin was in no man’s land and that looked a really good chance.
57 min Real lose the ball in their own third yet again. This time it’s Valverde of all people, but he does at least recover to make an important block from Kane’s shot.
57 min “I haven’t seen a team dominate like this since Burnley beat Middlesbrough 2-1 away to secure promotion back in 2023,” honks Peader de Burca.
56 min Olise beats Carreras with contemptuous ease, charges infield to the edge of the D and rifles a low drive that is pretty well held by the diving Lunin.
54 min Kane’s goal was his 11th in the Champions League this season and his 49th in all competitions. Who does he think he is, Clive Allen?
53 min Vinicius Jr. shoots high and wide from distance.
53 min “Sad to hear of Mircea Lucescu’s passing,” writes Colum Fordham. “A great coach and charismatic figure, who was widely respected, especially in Italy coaching Brescia with Hagi and other Romanian players.”
49 min Valverde slithers into the area and almost benefits from a fortunate roll of the ball. I say ‘almost’ because Upamecano arrived in the six-yard box to welt the ball to safety.
Bayern is rampaging after 48 minutes. Lunin pushes Olise's angle shot around the near post before falling on Stanisic's deflected shot from the next corner.
Real lost the ball for the umpteenth time and were punished with leadpipe cruelty by Bayern. Pavlovic picked Carreras’s pocket on the halfway line and found Olise, who moved to the edge of the area and laid an inviting square pass towards Kane. He used the defenders as a screen and swept a lovely curling shot into the bottom-right corner.
GOAL! Bayern 0-2 Real Madrid (Kane 46)
Twenty seconds into the second half, Harry Kane scores!
46 min Real begin the second half; no changes on either side
Vinicius Jr. needs to exercise caution after spoiling for a fight with Michael Oliver over the final five minutes of the first half. He is one of several Real players with yellow cards, and if he is booked, he won't be able to participate in the second leg
Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich at the half
That's what I refer to as a European away performance. From the beginning, Bayern Munich dominated the match by pushing hard and playing incredibly fluid football. With Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. on their team, Real were a threat on the break, but Bayern had more obvious opportunities and rightfully took the lead when Luis Diaz completed a neat, polished passing move.
Real has overcome much more difficult situations in this competition, but there is still a long way to go. However, Bayern has presented them with a significant challenge.
45 min The angle is very tight but Alexander-Arnold hammers the free-kick towards goal. It’s headed away by Kane, back in his own six-yard box.
44 minutes in, Stanisic fouls Vinicius just outside the left-hand area. Vinicius just bumped into him during an altercation, but it was a free kick. On one, Vinicius gestures to Michael Oliver with a fictitious card.
43 minutes Steve Foster Tony Hughes writes, "I loved Steve Foster as a kid." "I suppose it's because he appeared to be an ordinary man who was overjoyed to be able to pursue a career in professional football.
Despite having a small role at Espana '82, he didn't appear out of place there. His one season with the Villa came to a conclusion with victories at Brighton and Luton Town.
It’s been coming since the first whistle. Gnabry lent the ball to Kane 25 yards from goal, got it back and slipped a beautiful pass inside Alexander-Arnold. Diaz timed his out-to-in run immaculately and swept a first-time finish past Lunin from 12 yards.
The move stated with another errant pass from Real, when Vinicius Jr hit the ball against Olise. It deflected off Olise’s elbow – Real wanted a handball – and within five seconds the ball was in the net.
GOAL! Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern (Diaz 41)
Luis Diaz gives Bayern the lead with a fabulous team goal!
39 minutes in, Olise plays in the overlapping Stanisic after controlling a quick ball from Kimmich on the half turn, right outside the area. At the far post, his risky low cross is booted clear.
36 min Tchouameni is booked for a foul on Olise. It looked a bit harsh, an accidental collision rather than something more cynical, but the yellow card means Tchouameni will miss the second leg.
35 min Vinicius Jr’s slightly selfish shot from 25 yards is comfortably saved by Neuer.
33 minutes in, Guler—such a prolific and creative player—reaches the left byline and lifts a cross that deflects and barely avoids the lunging Valverde (I believe).
31 min “Serge Gnabry’s headband game is top notch,” says Peter Oh. We’re talking peak Rafael Nadal-level. Head tennis please!”
29 minutes: Neuer made a great save!
It's a pleasure to watch this match. Mbappe rushes past Laimer on the right side of the field and smashes a low shot across goal after Valverde moves fluidly through midfield and throws an angled through pass to him. Neuer dives low to his right to swat it away, displaying incredible reflexes, particularly for a forty-year-old.
28 minutes: Gnabry has a fantastic opportunity!
Pitarch receives a short pass from Lunin and attempts to return it to him, but instead positions Gnabry six yards away. His natural flick dribbles wide of the far post after striking Lunin. Even if Pitarch hadn't mishit the return pass, Gnabry's proximity to Lunin would have made it dangerous.
At least five times now, Real Madrid has lost possession in and around the penalty area.
26 min Vinicius’s deflected cross from the left threatens to sneak into the net and is well stopped by the backpedalling Neuer. He then throws the ball straight to Alexander-Arnold, whose fierce shot from the edge of the area is blocked.
Real Madrid has a 42-56 possession percentage after 25 minutes. Each person gets five shots.
24 minutes in, Olise easily escapes Carreras before attempting to pass Guler, who gives up a corner after getting a toe to the ball. There would have been a penalty if Guler hadn't made it.
Olise's corner is bad this time and ends up in Lunin's hands.
23 min Bayern have just toyed with Real in and around the area for a good 30 seconds. They couldn’t create a shooting opportunity, but they are playing some beautiful football.
21 minutes in, Olise appears to be beating Real Madrid left-back Carreras. Conversely, Alexander-Arnold has gotten off to a strong start against Luis Diaz, his former teammate.
18 min Gnabry’s shot on the turn is blocked after a mistake by Vinicius Jr. Real break and Vinicius Jr. flashes a curler from the edge of the area that is pushed away by Neuer, diving low to his left.
That’s a decent save from Neuer, and this is a belter of a game.
16 minutes: Neuer made a good save!
The real has emerged. Guler in the inside-left channel glides a tempting pass into the area for Mbappe after Tah makes a crucial interception on the stretch. He screws a left-footed attempt after running off Upamecano, but the outrushing Neuer expertly blocks it.
16 min Mbappe is fouled on the right wing by Laimer, which allows Real to set up camp on the edge of the Bayern area. Alexander-Arnold curls an extremely inviting ball that is a yard or two in front of Huijsen among others.
12 min Bayern continue to dominate possession – and, crucially, to cut off Real’s counter-attacks at source. That won’t always be the case, not against Mbappe and Vinicius, so they’ll want to strike while they’re on top.
10 minutes In Upamecano's defense, Kane's ball bounced somewhat higher than he would have preferred because it was just barely behind him. Nevertheless, if he had been wearing Spandex pants, I would have scored.
9 min: Off the line by Carreras!
Upamecano has missed a sitter! Kimmich, 30 yards from goal in the inside-left channel, curled a brilliant ball that cleared the Real defence and reached Kane beyond the far post. He could have gone for goal but instead cushioned a volley back across goal to give Upamecano an easier chance from five yards. Upamecano didn’t connect properly with his shot, hitting the ball into the ground, and Carreras had time to get back and clear off the line.
Lunin fingertips Kimmich's inswinging corner over the bar after eight minutes. Perhaps he was attempting to score there.
The next corner is curled past the far post, and Lunin flails at fresh air once more before Gnabry's mishit overhead kick is stopped.
Bayern has gotten off to a great start.
7 minutes in, Lunin dives across goal as Olise's free kick strikes a Real head in the wall and sails barely over the bar. Lunin is thankful to see Huijsen head it out of play on the far side after coming for the subsequent corner but failing to get close to it.
6 min Olise is tripped just outside the area by Huijsen, an ill-judged and probably nervous challenge. This is a chance for Bayern…
3 min Vinicius Jr. pulls out to the left to receive possession, then surges into life and runs at Upamecano just inside the area. Upamecano goes to ground to make a meaty and fair challenge.
1 minute Bayern had an opportunity early in the half when left-back Laimer swept over the bar from the area's fringe.
1 min Peep peep! Bayern kick off from right to left as we watch.
Most of the players have their gamefaces on as they line up for the Champions League music. Even in the Guardian liveblog bunker, the atmosphere is breathtaking.
