Both the defending champions and the record winners pulled off away wins in their Uefa Champions League last 16 first legs.
At the Red Bull Arena, Leipzig matched Real Madrid for possession and even had more attempts on goal than their visitors.
One moment of magic from Brahim Diaz was all it took for Los Blancos to snatch the advantage going into the Bernabeu leg, though.
The 24-years-old delivered a spectacular solo left-footed goal to help his side to their seventh win in as many games in this season’s edition of the competition.
Andriy Lunin made nine saves without conceding — the most by a Real Madrid goalkeeper in continental football for over two decades.
Los Blancos’ win was slightly marred by a controversial VAR call as Benjamin Sesko was flagged for offside after scoring for Leipzig.
The result will be one that will certainly help Carlo Ancelotti’s side nonetheless, though, as they look to carry the momentum into the second half of the tie.
Over in Denmark, champions of Europe Manchester City defeated Copenhagen 3-1 at the Parken Stadium.
In his first Champions League appearance of the season, Kevin de Bruyne found the scoresheet after just ten minutes to put Pep Guardiola’s side in front.
Magnus Mattsson levelled matters to give the hosts some belief, but the relentless City side took no prisoners as Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden each found the net, in both first half and second half stoppage time.
City became the first team in Champions League history to score three or more goals in seven consecutive matches in the competition.
On Wednesday, PSG take on Real Sociedad while Bayern Munich travel to Lazio. Both matches kick-off at 22:00 live on Supersport.
Pictured above: Brahim Diaz
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