By OkayGoal 
Watch Upamecano’s miss and Mbappe’s chance early on in Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich
Dayot Upamecano missed a huge early chance to put Bayern Munich ahead less than 10 minutes into their Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid.
The visitors had made an encouraging start at the Bernabeu, causing some nervy moments for stand-in goalkeeper Andriy Lunin after Thiabut Courtois was ruled out.
And with only nine minutes on the clock, Bayern got the chance they would have dreamed of before the game – but it unfortunately fell to the wrong player as centre-back Upamecano fluffed his lines.
After a free-kick came into the box from the left-hand side, striker Harry Kane met the ball but, rather than go for goal, opted to head the ball across goal for his team-mate who was in a better position.
But with Lunin all at sea, Upamecano got his shot all wrong inside the six-yard box, completely mis-hitting the shot and allowing the defender to clear.
Minutes later, Real grew into the game and threatened to immediately punish the France international, with Kylian Mbappe denied a goal whilst one-on-one with Manuel Neuer.
The German stopper then dived down to his left to parry Vinicius Junior’s shot in what has been an electrifying start to the first leg.
Where to watch Madrid v Bayern: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Tuesday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1.
Streaming is on the HBO Max app. TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.
Real Madrid v Bayern Munich stats
- No teams have met as often in European competition as these clubs (29 matches)
- Madrid are unbeaten in their last nine European matches against Bayern (W7 D2) and have won all three previous quarter-final ties between the clubs in the competition
- They have won (113) and lost (113) the most tackles of any team in the 2025/26 Champions League
- Mbappe (13) is the top scorer in this season’s Champions League, with no other player still in the competition bettering Kane’s total of 10 goals
- No team has received more bookings in the competition this term than Madrid (27), who have earned three more cautions than any other side involved
- Bayern have the best record in this season’s Champions League (W9 L1) and average the most goals per game (32 in 10 matches)
- They have scored the most goals inside the area of any team (29), netting twice from distance
- Of the teams in the quarter-finals, only Paris Saint-Germain (91.3%) have a higher passing accuracy than Bayern (90.3%)
- PSG’s Vitinha is the only player still in the competition to have attempted (846) and completed (813) more passes than Pavlovic
- Vinicius Junior and Bayern’s Michael Olise have each provided two more Champions League assists in 2025/26 (7) than any other player