Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid as it happened: Cristiano Ronaldo scores a brace as Zinedine Zidane's team win
Re-live all of the action from Wednesday night's Champions League match
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Your support makes all the difference.Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to beat 10-man Bayern Munich 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern, who had thrashed English club Arsenal 10-2 on aggregate to take their place in the last eight, went in front after 26 minutes through a bullet header from Arturo Vidal.
The Chile midfielder, though, wasted a chance to double the German club's advantage in first-half stoppage time when he blasted a penalty over the crossbar after what looked a poor handball decision against Dani Carvajal.
Real were level two minutes into the second half when Ronaldo swept in a cross from Carvajal.
Bayern had to play the final 30 minutes a man down after Javi Martinez picked up two quick cautions.
And Ronaldo took his tally to 100 European goals when he stabbed the ball past Manuel Neuer in the 77th minute to leave Carlo Ancelotti's men with it all to do in next week's second leg back at the Bernabeu.
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Tuesday's Champions League result
Juventus 3 Barcelona 0
Wednesday's Champions League fixtures
Borussia Dortmund vs Monaco
Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid vs Leicester City
32 mins: Real Madrid's problems are compounding. Casemiro just took a whack in the middle of the park and is struggling, Thiago Alcántara caught him with a trailing boot as he cleared the ball downfield.
Vidal celebrates his goal
34 mins: Casemiro picks himself up after that challenge only to collapse in the middle of the park a couple of minutes later. Is he in genuine pain?
Doesn't look like it. He catches Vidal and then drops to the turf in feigned agony to atone for his sins.
37 mins: At this rate Real will be pleased if they can get in for half-time just the one goal down. Robben is continuing to raid down the right wing, and hangs another fine cross into the box, which Ramos heads away from danger. For now. Corner.
40 mins: It should be three in Munich! Robben skips past his man and flings yet another cross into the box, which Vidal meets with a cracking header. But his direction is off, and he sends the ball whistling past Navas's right post. That was so close.
42 mins: Good save Neuer! Ronaldo gets the ball 30 yards out with his back to goal, but there's only one thing on his mind. He turns, shoots, and it requires a diving save from the German to turn the ball around the post.
PENALTY IN MUNICH! Ribery feints, shoots on goal, and the ball is deflected wide by the shoulder of Carvajal.
The referee thinks about it, and then awards the penalty.
45 mins: But Vidal smashes the ball over the bar!
My word that was awful. David-Beckham-against-Portugal-at-Euro-2004 kind of awful. Vidal steps up and looks to bury the ball in the roof of the net, but instead gets far too much on it and whallops it over the bar.
Yikes.
Meanwhile, it's half-time in Madrid...
Leicester a goal down at the break.
And half-time in Munich, too!
Vidal scored the opener, missed a sitter and then blasted his penalty over the bar. He walks off down the tunnel for the half-time break in tears.
Real Madrid are still in this match, although they've been desperately poor so far.
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