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
78 mins: There was no saving that one. Madrid retain possession for an age, with Asensio eventually the one to lump it into the area. Ronaldo gets ahead of his man and flicks it past Neuer from the edge of the six-yard box, the ball rolling cruelly under the goalkeeper's body.
81 mins: There's only five minutes to go in Madrid, and it's still 1-0! But only just...
85 mins: There's going to be two minutes of additional time in Madrid.
In Munich, Real Madrid are in complete control. They're pushing for a third, which you would think would win them the tie.
87 mins: It's finished in Madrid!
Just look at these stats...
Possession: Atletico 68%-32% Leicester
Shots: Atletico 14-5 Leicester
On target: Atletico 3-0 Leicester
Corners: Atletico 8-1 Leicester
Fouls: Atletico 10-16 Leicester
I think Leicester will be fairly happy with that.
89 mins: There's going to be three minutes of additional time in Munich. Zidane makes his final change: Kovacic replaces Modric.
GOAL! Bayern Munich 1 Real Madri - no! Sergio Ramos sends a thumping header beyond Neuer and into the net from a free-kick, but his Real's raucous celebrations are brought to a premature end by the sight of the linesman waving his flag. It's the correct call.
That would have surely killed the tie. A lifeline for Bayern.
FULL-TIME: Bayern Munich 1 Real Madrid 2
And that's it! Bayern Munich started at 100mp/h and took an early lead through Arturo Vidal, with the Chilean then going on to blaze a penalty over the bar.
But Real battled back in the second-half despite the heroics Manuel Neuer, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring goals either side of a red card for Javi Martínez. They almost made it three in injury time, with only the offside flag denying Sergio Ramos.
That leaves this one finely poised for next week's second-leg. Game on!
Here's Jack Pitt-Brooke's match report from the Allianz Arena:
And here are four things Mark Critchley learned from that comeback win:
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