Harry Kane gives Bayern Munich edge despite Real Madrid fightback in thriller

“This is why you guys come to these games,” Vincent Kompany had said, and here especially. For the quality, the chaos, and the goals, the noise, the drama and the history that invades every moment, even when it seems to be finally left behind. Another wild night at the Santiago Bernabéu seemed to have set up for another barely believable finish, another of those crazy comebacks, but in the end Bayern Munich held on, setting up what is sure to be a special second leg instead.

Goals from Luis Díaz and Harry Kane had given Bayern a 2-0 lead here and at that stage there was an authority about them that had seemed incontestable, but Madrid it seemed always have a response and a Kylian Mbappé goal brought about a revival, a rebellion that threatened to secure a draw. But there was Bayern’s 40-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to keep them at bay, just.