Real Madrid claimed a third Champions League victory in a row by beating RB Leipzig 4-1 on Wednesday. Kylian Mbappé and Yan Diomande scored for José Mourinho’s side. Bernardo Silva opened the scoring for Madrid from close range towards the end of a tight first half, and Arda Guler doubled the record 15-time European champions’ advantage soon after the interval.
"We know every point is important to get into the top eight, we know we have to win as many games as possible – we’ve won three and there are five to go," Mbappé said. The France forward, who hopes to win the Ballon d’Or next week, has netted in each of Madrid’s Champions League matches this season and has 12 goals in 12 games. "I’m doing well
I think I can do more," he said.Lask launched a comeback at Sporting to earn their first Champions League win of the season. The Austrian champions went behind when Luis Suárez scored from the spot after five minutes, but equalised 10 minutes later through Christoph Lang. The visitors then stunned the Estádio José Alvalade as Sasa Kalajdzic and Krystof Danek put them 3-1 up. Suárez scored again for the hosts late on.
Galatasaray swept past Lille at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, setting the tone with a goal after two minutes from Yunus Akgun. Lille levelled the score via Soriba Diaoune, who then put them 2-1 up in the 39th minute. Aleksey Batrakov made it 2-2 just before half-time. An own goal from Nabil Bentaleb and Victor Osimhen then sealed a 4-2 victory.
Inter had Alessandro Bastoni sent off midway through the second half. Carlos Augusto’s late goal secured a 1-0 win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, as the Italian champions got their first points of the league phase. Bastoni received two yellow cards in as many minutes, putting Inter on the back foot. Carlos Augusto scored in the 77th minute, capping a lightning-fast counterattack with a low finish.
Real Betis beat Feyenoord 1-0 via a penalty kick from Isco, making it three from three in the Champions League to extend their strong start to the season. Betis had the majority of the chances, but only broke the deadlock when Jeremiah St Juste was adjudged to have handled in the box. Isco stepped up and fired low into the right-hand corner for the winner.
Club Brugge defeated Lens 3-0 at the Jan Breydel Stadium in a strong home performance. The Belgians went 1-0 up through Hans Vanaken in first-half stoppage time before Joaquin Seys and Carlos Forbs secured the win in the second half.
