Champions League

AS Monaco scored three vital away goals against Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion, but you get the feeling that this tie favors whichever team is forced into having the attacking onus. The second leg in Monaco promises more of the same, and this time it’ll be Dortmund needing to force the issue.

Thomas Tuchel opted for a more conservative approach to start the match, playing Sven Bender, Sokratis and Lukasz Piszcezek in the back and opting for Marcel Schmelzer and Matthias Ginter as wing backs.

It was going to be a tall task for Leicester City to go into Vicente Calderón Stadium and come away with a victory, it will be even harder if the referee is giving away penalties.

With the referee trailing closely, Antoine Griezmann made a run down the left side when Marc Albrighton clipped the Frenchman clearly outside the box. But the referee thought otherwise and awarded Atletico a penalty.

The Bayern Munich-Real Madrid Champions League quarterfinal chess match has seen its first real action, with Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal heading in a corner kick for Bayern.

Arturo Vidal scores his third goal in the past two #UCL games to give Bayern the lead vs Real Madrid! #FCBRMA https://t.co/2pnMdxHiBF

Cue the music. Kylian Mbappé is on fire. The 18-year-old has scored 13 goals in his last 9 starts for Monaco. Up 2-1 a lazy pass from Dortmund defender Lukasz Piszczek was picked off by a surging Mbappé and the youngster was off to the races:

Japan international Shinji Kagawa kept Borussia Dortmund's Champions League hopes alive with a timely finish from a well-worked attack.

Kagawa's goal made it 3-2, and elevated the Borussia Dortmund-Monaco tie to officially bonkers.

Thomas Tuchel sent on Christian Pulisic and Nuri Sahin to start the second half with Borussia Dortmund trailing Monaco 2-0, and the match has immediately turned in favor of the German club.

Dortmund have now halved the deficit after a ridiculously acrobatic backheel flick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang found Shinji Kagawa behind the defense. He squared it to Ousmane Dembele and the youngster tapped it in.

It’s been a difficult opening 45 for Borussia Dortmund against AS Monaco in their Champions League quarterfinal first leg at the Westfalenstadion. The match, which was postponed until today after a terrorist attack on Dortmund’s team bus, has been evenly contest, but Monaco have benefitted from two refereeing decisions and a comical own goal.

Frauke Koehle, a spokeswoman for Germany’s federal state prosecutor in Karlsruhe, has confirmed that the three explosives that were detonated outside the Borussia Dortmund team bus were pipe bombs capable of traveling more than 330 feet. One of the three explosive devices contained metal strips, according to prosecutors, including one pin that pierced a headrest of a bus seat.

Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid: The master and apprentice clash in a battle of continental giants.

Club form over the last five games

Bayern Munich - W L W W W

Real Madrid - D W W W W