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Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland led the way as Real Madrid and Manchester City opened their Champions League campaigns with victories on Tuesday, with Madrid edging Inter Milan 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu and City winning 2-0 away to Porto.
Real Madrid survived a late scare from Inter after Mbappé and Federico Valverde put the hosts two goals ahead before Carlos Augusto pulled one back for the Italian side.
UEFA reported that Mbappé and Valverde gave Madrid control early in the contest, while Inter’s late response set up a tense finish at the Bernabéu.
Mbappé opened the scoring after Inter defender Yann Bisseck’s attempted clearance fell kindly for Brahim Díaz to set up the French forward.
