RB Leipzig 0 Real Madrid 1: Brahim Diaz creates a magical moment for Los Blancos

JUDE BELLINGHAM may not have been on the field, but his party was.

Bellingham scored twice in the La Liga leaders' 4-0 win over second-placed Girona at the weekend.

But due to injury he was replaced in the 57th minute by Brahim Diaz, who kept his place while the Dudley boy was unable to play.

Diaz made him proud with a brilliant winner in the 48th minute.

He looked like Diego Maradona as he picked up the ball, made one tackle and ran between two more opponents before curling a shot home.

Not to mention his teammate who he replaced the night he celebrated Bellingham, jumping and landing with his arms wide.

A great moment for him, a typical moment for Real Madrid, which has illuminated this competition like no other with their fourteen victories.

However, no one has powered them more this season than Bellingham.

A player who is the top scorer in La Liga, he has scored 20 goals in all competitions and, including assists, has been involved in 28 goals in 29 games.

It seemed that his absence would also indicate something when Leipzig wanted to lift the roof of the Red Bull Arena in the first half.

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They did that after 96 seconds and why, oh why didn't the goal stand?

When the ball bounced back into the penalty area from a corner, Benjamin Sesko headed home.

He certainly looked offside and so the flag was understandably raised.

But replays showed this was not the case, and yet on the quickest decision the goal was still disallowed because there had been the slightest push on the goalkeeper by the same player in the build-up.

When I say dismissive it's like touching someone at Tescos and apologizing.

That was not the only thing Leipzig had to regret that evening.

Sesko had chance after chance to score, but it was night when Andriy Lunin saved a world-class goalkeeper night after shot.

Benefit Really.

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