Overview
- Real Madrid fell 2-1 to Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabéu in the quarter-final first leg, with Kylian Mbappé scoring in the 74th minute.
- His 14th goal of the 2025–26 Champions League places him in a rare group to reach 14 or more in one season that includes Jose Altafini, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
- The strike kept Real Madrid’s streak of scoring in home Champions League matches alive at 43 straight games, according to Stats Foot.
- Real’s tally in this season’s competition rose to 30 goals, matching a level they had not hit since the 2017–18 campaign despite the first-leg defeat.
- Mbappé remains three goals from Cristiano Ronaldo’s single-season record of 17 and could have up to four more matches to chase it if Madrid advance, while outlets report small differences in his all-time total and ranking.