Real Madrid maintained their perfect start in the Champions League this season with a 4-1 win over RB Leipzig.
2026/2027 UEFA Champions League
4-1
Match Repost
Bernardo Silva scored his first goal for Real Madrid as Jose Mourinho's side beat RB Leipzig to maintain their 100% start in the Champions League.
The midfielder, who joined from Manchester City in the summer, converted from close range to put the Spaniards in front two minutes before half-time.
Arda Guler bundled over the goalline for the second, while Kylian Mbappe scored his 12th goal in 12 games this season, and £120m summer signing Yan Diomande netted against his old club just before the end.
RB Leipzig looked the more dangerous side for much of the first half, but were made to rue missed chances as Thibaut Courtois denied both Christopher Nkunku and Romulo with smart saves.
Real improved and Bernardo forced the ball over the line after Guler's strike deflected off a defender and squirmed between the legs of goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt.
The Belgium goalkeeper did well to tip a stinging Federico Valverde effort past the post early in the second half, but was powerless to prevent Guler meeting Mbappe's header across the face of goal for a simple tap-in.
Frenchman Mbappe scooped a shot into the side netting from a Jude Bellingham cut-back as he looked for his customary goal, and he found it late on with a curling finish into the corner from the edge of the penalty area.
Tidiam Gomis finished off a neat move to pull a goal back for Leipzig, but two minutes later, Real substitute Diomande - who left the German side in the summer - rifled in a spectacular volley from outside the box.
After facing Barcelona in the first Clasico of the season on Sunday, 25 October (20:00 GMT), Jose Mourinho's men will travel to Greece to face AEK Athens on Wednesday, 4 November (17:45 GMT), while Leipzig will host Manchester City later that evening at 20:00 GMT.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
6' Highlight from Real Madrid vs Leipzig
13' Nusa breaks through and cuts the ball back, but it is deflected behind
17' Güler drills a cross across the goalmouth, but it slides wide
20' Mbappé drills a cross across the goalmouth, but it slides wide
28' Romulo fires a left-footed shot, but Courtois parries it away
29' Vinícius shoots, but it is saved
32' Nusa fires a shot, but it is blocked by Rüdiger
39' Bellingham fires a long-range shot, but it goes wide
41' Nkunku shoots, but Courtois saves it
43' GOAL! Silva scores his first goal for Real Madrid! Real Madrid 1-0 Leipzig
45' Vinícius shoots, but it is saved
52' GOAL! Güler doubles the lead with a clinical finish to make it 2-0! Real Madrid 2-0 Leipzig
83' GOAL! Mbappe extends the lead to three goals after cutting through the defence again! Real Madrid 3-0 Leipzig
85' GOAL! Gomis gets their side back into the game by cutting the deficit to just one! Real Madrid 3-1 Leipzig
87' GOAL! Diomande adds a fourth goal as the opposition's defence continues to struggle! Real Madrid 4-1 Leipzig
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Rudiger, Bernardo Silva, Mbappe, Valverde, Vinicius, Camavinga, Bellingham, Güler, Álvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen
Subs: Dumfries, Cucurella, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Militao, Brahim, Lunin, Tchouameni, Endrick, Carlos Espí, Thiago Pitarch, Yan Diomande
Leipzig XI: Orban, Nkunku, David Raum, Ridle Baku, Maarten Vandevoordt, Neil El Aynaoui, Castello Lukeba, Nicolas Seiwald, Antonio Nusa, Brajan Gruda, Rômulo
Subs: Nyland, Klostermann, Henrichs, Christoph Baumgartner, Maxime Estève, Johan Bakayoko, Rocco Reitz, Ezechiel Banzuzi, Max Finkgräfe, Tidiam Gomis, Andrija Maksimovic, Abdoul Koné