Real Madrid Beats Leipzig 4–1 to Stay Perfect
Kylian Mbappé scores and sets up a goal, and former Leipzig winger Yan Diomande volleys in the fourth
Bernardo Silva tapped in a rebound just before halftime, and Arda Güler poked in Kylian Mbappé's header back across goal early in the second half.
Thibaut Courtois made two first-half saves, one with Christopher Nkunku clean through.
Yan Diomande, who came on in the 70th minute, set up Mbappé in the 83rd minute and volleyed in Brahim Díaz's cross in the 87th. Tidiam Gomis scored for Leipzig in between.
José Mourinho made five changes with a league game against Barcelona coming up.
Mbappé was named player of the match. Real Madrid has three wins from three matches. Leipzig has three points and hosts Manchester City on November 4.
Kylian Mbappé scored one goal and set up another, and Real Madrid beat RB Leipzig 4–1 at the Bernabéu for its third win in three Champions League matches.
The crowd was 73,016.
José Mourinho made five changes to his lineup with a league game against Barcelona coming up.
Thibaut Courtois made two first-half saves, including one on Christopher Nkunku when he was clean through.
Bernardo Silva scored just before halftime. Maarten Vandevoordt parried a shot from Arda Güler, and Silva tapped in the rebound from very close range.
Güler made it 2–0 in the 52nd minute. Jude Bellingham crossed, Mbappé headed the ball back across goal, and Güler poked it in.
Yan Diomande, a former Leipzig winger, replaced Vinícius Júnior in the 70th minute. Thirteen minutes later he set up Mbappé, who curled a right-footed shot from the left side of the box into the far corner for 3–0.
Tidiam Gomis scored for Leipzig two minutes later from a pass by Christoph Baumgartner, who was playing for the first time in four months after a long injury.
Diomande then volleyed a cross from Brahim Díaz into the top corner in the 87th minute.
Real Madrid had 64.4 percent of possession and took 18 shots, 11 on target. Leipzig took 11 shots, six on target. Real Madrid completed 679 of 742 passes and won seven corners to Leipzig's one. Each team had one yellow card.
Mbappé was named player of the match.
Leipzig has three points and hosts Manchester City on November 4.