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Trent Alexander-Arnold was injured just five minutes into Real Madrid’s 2-1 Champions League win over Marseille.
The England defender pulled up with what looked like a hamstring injury, before his replacement Dani Carvajal was sent-off for a headbutt on Marseille goalkeeper Geronimio Rulli.
Kylian Mbappe was fortunately on hand to score two penalties to cancel out Timothy Weah’s opener for the French side.
50 – Kylian Mbappé has scored 50 goals in 64 matches for Real Madrid in all competitions, becoming the fastest player to reach 50 goals for the Whites since Cristiano Ronaldo in November 2010 (51 goals in 54 appearances). Successor. pic.twitter.com/a3EoHaisC4
Xabi Alonso will be left scratching his head with issues at the back again, with ever-versatile captain Federico Valverde at least able to step in at full-back.
There was more good news on the bench as Jude Bellingham made his return earlier than expected from a shoulder injury – although he was unused.
And teenage forward Franco Mastantuono became the youngest player to start for Real in the Champions League, at the age of 18 years and 33 days old.
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