Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde scored a superb second-half goal while Marco Asensio struck late to fire the holders to a 2-0 win at home to RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday.
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| Real Madrid players celebrate victory over RB Leipzig at the Santiago Bernabeu. Photo: @realmadriden |
The Uruguayan showed composure to calmly beat a defender with clever footwork on the edge of the area before picking his spot in the far bottom corner of the net in the 80th minute.
The 14-times winners gave an underwhelming performance and until Valverde’s goal had only managed one shot on target, while Leipzig had created plenty of openings but were not clinical enough in the area.
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Real wrapped up the victory with a goal in added time from substitute Asensio, the Spaniard slotting into the net after a lay off from Toni Kroos.
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Real Madrid lead Group F with six points after two games, while Leipzig are bottom with no points. Story: Reuters via as
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Shakhtar Donetsk drew 1-1 with Celtic FC in the second Group F game. Artem Bondarenko hit the back of his own net to hand the visitors an early lead in the 10th minute.
Mykhaylo Mudryk levelled for the hosts in the 29th minute.
