Champions League round-up: Mbappe scores but picks up injury as Real Madrid return to winning ways
Real Madrid got a much-needed 3-2 Champions League win at Atalanta on Tuesday thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.
Real Madrid got a much-needed 3-2 Champions League win at Atalanta on Tuesday thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham as the holders snapped a two-game loosing run in the competition.
Real handed the Serie A leaders their first defeat in this season's revamped Champions League after Mbappe gave them the lead with a strike from inside the box in the 10th minute before he was forced off with an injury.
Charles de Ketelaere equalised with a penalty after Aurelien Tchouameni tripped Sead Kolasinac from behind just before the break but Vinicius Jr stroked home a rebound in the 56th minute to put the visitors back in front.
Bellingham extended their lead after a counter attack three minutes later but Ademola Lookman reduced the deficit in the 65th before Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois worked his magic with a string of saves to secure a hard-fought win.
With two games left, Real are 18th in the 36-team table on nine points, three points off the top eight spots which secure direct qualification to the last 16. Atalanta are ninth on 11 points.
Michael Olise netted a second-half brace as Bayern Munich came back from conceding an early goal to win 5-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk, their first away victory in this season's competition.
Shakhtar went ahead in the fifth minute through Kevin but Bayern levelled six minutes later with Konrad Laimer scoring and they took the lead with a Thomas Mueller goal on the stroke of half time.
A penalty converted by Olise in the 70th minute eased the Bayern nerves before Jamal Musiala added a fourth goal three minutes from time and Olise netted again in added time to round off the win.
Bayern's third successive win moves them up to eighth in the standings on 12 points while Shakhtar are in 27th on four points.
Bayer Leverkusen's Nordi Mukiele scored a 90th-minute goal to give his team a 1-0 win over Inter Milan and move the Germans closer to qualification.
It was the first goal Inter conceded in the competition this season and they dropped to fourth on 13 points, behind Leverkusen who are second, also on 13.
The Germans, who enjoyed more than 60% of possession, were the better side for most of the game, hitting the post through Nathan Tella early in the match before going close again with shots from Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Tah.
But they had to wait until the final minute for Mukiele to slot in after a goalmouth scramble.
A fine finish from Goncalo Ramos, a goal from Nuno Mendes and a late strike from Desire Doue gave Paris St Germain a vital victory, as they beat RB Salzburg 3-0 to move into the playoff spots.
Luis Enrique's side looked sharp in the first half and Hakimi set up Ramos for the opener on the half-hour mark.
Mendes doubled their advantage in the 72nd minute with a thunderous left-footed shot from Doue's pass, before the Frenchman added the icing on the cake with a third five minutes from time.
PSG, who have made a terrible start to their campaign, now sit 24th in the standings just inside the playoff positions, with seven points from six games, while Salzburg are 32nd.
In the remaining two games Brest defeated PSV Eindhoven to continue their impressive debut European campaign while Club Brugge beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1.




