Bellingham strikes injury-time Real Madrid winner

BBC

Jude Bellingham scored an injury-time tap-in as Real Madrid left it late to beat Champions League debutants Union Berlin at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Bellingham’s strike was his sixth goal in six matches for Madrid since joining Los Blancos this summer.

Federico Valverde’s 94th-minute strike deflected into the path of the England midfield who tapped into an empty net.

Union, in their first Champions League match, were unable to respond with just one minute remaining.

Bellingham once again Real’s star

Carlo Ancelotti chose to play Jude Bellingham in a more advanced number 10 role, and the former Borussia Dortmund and Birmingham City star once again excelled.

He was integral to the Spanish La Liga side’s creativity in attack as they racked up 22 shots to their opponent’s three.

And, for the third time already in his Real career, the 20-year-old netted a winner for Los Blancos inside the final 10 minutes.

Indeed, without Bellingham’s goals Real Madrid would be nine points worse off just six matches into the season.

Union Berlin a minute away from famous draw

The hosts, semi-finalists in last season’s competition, started brightly as Joselu headed Bellingham’s teasing cross over the bar.

But Ancelotti’s side failed to kick on in the first period, although they themselves were rarely threatened by the visitors.

In the second half, Real were a team transformed as Lucas Vazquez crossed for Rodrygo who struck the outside of the post in the 51st minute with…