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Real Madrid 1-2 Bayern Munich: Harry Kane on scoresheet as Bayern edge Champions League thriller

Goalscorer: Harry Kane - (AFP via Getty Images)

Bayern Munich took control of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory ⁠over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, earning a slender first-leg advantage after a high-tempo contest in ⁠the Spanish capital.

Vincent ​Kompany's ⁠side struck just before halftime when Serge Gnabry slipped ⁠a precise pass through for Luis ​Diaz, ⁠who beat the ‌offside trap and fired low past keeper Andriy Lunin in the ‌41st minute.

Bayern doubled their ‌lead seconds after the restart as Michael Olise squared for Harry Kane ⁠to finish neatly from the edge of the box following a swift counter-attack.

Real improved after the hour and Kylian Mbappe pulled one back in the 74th minute, ‌turning in Trent Alexander-Arnold's low ​cross at the far ‌post.

Manuel Neuer then ⁠denied Mbappe and Vinicius Jr ⁠with a series of sharp saves as ‌the hosts ​pressed for an ‌equaliser that never ​came.

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