Mbappe rescues 10-man Real Madrid against Marseille in Champions League

Kylian Mbappe converted 2 penalties, and 10-man Real Madrid came backmost to beat visiting Marseille 2-1 connected the opening nighttime of the caller Champions League season.

The triumph connected Tuesday meant that 15-time champion Madrid became the archetypal squad successful contention past – since the rebranding successful the aboriginal 1990s – to scope 200 wins.

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It besides gave erstwhile Madrid-playing standout Xabi Alonso a triumph successful his Champions League debut arsenic the club’s coach.

Timothy Weah enactment visiting Marseille up aboriginal on, but Mbappe struck backmost from the punishment spot successful the 29th and 81st.

The archetypal punishment came aft a foul connected Rodrygo, and the 2nd was for a handball by a defender.

Mbappe present has 50 goals successful 64 matches with Madrid, moving level with erstwhile Real and Manchester United guardant Ruud van Nistelrooy.

“We are blessed that helium keeps scoring goals and has been feeling much and much comfortable,” Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde said of the France player.

“Our occupation is to marque definite the shot gets to him and that helium tin person adjacent much scoring opportunities than helium is having now.”

Madrid skipper Dani Carvajal was sent disconnected successful the 72nd for head-butting Marseille goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli.

Weah, a United States planetary and the lad of erstwhile Ballon d’Or victor George Weah, was acceptable up by Mason Greenwood, who stripped Madrid’s Arda Guler adjacent midfield.

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Champions League debut for Madrid lasted lone 5 minutes. The England defender was replaced by Carvajal due to the fact that of an evident musculus injury.

Spanish constabulary clashed with Marseille fans earlier the match, but the concern was controlled quickly.

Real Madrid’s Spanish defender, Dani Carvajal, right, clashes with Marseille’s Argentinian goalkeeper, Geronimo Rulli [Thomas Coex/AFP]

An aboriginal ain extremity from goalkeeper Luiz Junior gave Tottenham a 1-0 triumph implicit visiting Villarreal.

Borussia Dortmund and Juventus drew 4-4 successful Turin. Juventus substitute Dusan Vlahovic scored 1 extremity successful stoppage time. He past acceptable up the equaliser for English defender Lloyd Kelly. The crippled had been 0-0 astatine halftime.

Qarabag came from 2 goals down to triumph 3-2 astatine Benfica.

In the 2nd play of the caller league-phase format, the apical 8 teams beforehand to the circular of 16. The adjacent 16 teams participate a two-leg playoff, with 8 advancing.

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Arsenal subs decisive against Bilbao

Viktor Gyokeres was disconnected people successful his Champions League debut for Arsenal.

The London club’s substitutes were decisive, though, successful a 2-0 triumph for the Gunners astatine Athletic Bilbao.

Gabriel Martinelli scored little than a infinitesimal aft helium came on, and Leandro Trossard, who had replaced Gyokeres, doubled the pb 15 minutes later.

Gyokeres, Arsenal’s prized signing who scored six Champions League goals for Sporting Lisbon past season, missed a aureate accidental soon aft the break. The Sweden planetary evaded his marker with easiness and roseate to conscionable a well-placed escaped footwear from Declan Rice, but his header went good wide of the target.

Martinelli and Trossard besides provided the assists connected each other’s goals.

Union’s memorable debut successful Eindhoven

Competition newcomer Union Saint-Gilloise made a memorable debut, arsenic the Belgian nine won 3-1 crossed the borderline astatine PSV Eindhoven.

The archetypal extremity of this season’s contention was a punishment footwear converted by Canada planetary Promise David.

The punishment was awarded erstwhile United States planetary Ricardo Pepi harshly landed his footwear into the limb of Union’s English centre back, Christian Burgess.

Goalkeeper Matej Kovar past went the incorrect mode connected the spot footwear successful the ninth minute.

Another mistake by Pepi led to Union’s 2nd earlier the break, a dribbling accumulation and adept decorativeness by Anouar Ait El Hadj.

Union, who qualified by winning the Belgian league for the archetypal clip successful 90 years, is 1 of 4 clubs making their contention debuts this season. The others are Bodø/Glimt (Norway), Kairat (Kazakhstan) and Pafos (Cyprus).

Argentinian defender Kevin Mac Allister, who is named for Macaulay Culkin’s quality successful Home Alone, made it 3-0 from adjacent scope successful the 81st.

Ruben van Bommel, the lad of erstwhile Netherlands standout Mark van Bommel, scored for PSV successful the 90th.

PSV had gone unbeaten successful its erstwhile 11 radical oregon league matches successful the UEFA competition.