Real Madrid beat RB Leipzig 4-1 at the Bernabeu on Wednesday, and the last goal carried more of a storyline than the scoreline suggests. Yan Diomande, who left Leipzig in the summer, sealed the win in the 87th minute.

ESPN's report times the goals at 43, 52, 83, 85 and 87 minutes: Madrid ahead through Bernardo Silva, two up through Arda Guler, three up through Kylian Mbappe, Leipzig back within two through Tidiam Gomis, and the fourth from Diomande three minutes from the end of normal time.

How the four goals arrived

The goal that broke Leipzig was the first. Silva pounced on a goalkeeping error, with Vandevoordt blocking Guler's initial strike but letting the ball squirm between his legs for Silva to finish from close range. ESPN's report notes that the finish was Silva's first goal for Madrid.

The game took some time to warm up. Leipzig had been competitive for most of the first half, according to the report, and the score stayed goalless until that 43rd-minute opener. The first shot did not arrive until the 20th minute, when Ridle Baku fired tamely at Thibaut Courtois, and Madrid countered immediately but Mbappe dragged his effort wide.

The chances came more freely after that. David Raum's pass was deflected into the path of Romulo, whose shot Courtois saved well. Vinicius Junior then burst down the left and cut inside, only for Vandevoordt to push his long-range attempt wide. At the other end, Antonio Nusa was lively on Leipzig's left, had a shot blocked and delivered a cross that Romulo could only head straight at Courtois.

Jude Bellingham blazed over for Madrid, and Leipzig's best opening of the half came when Christopher Nkunku raced through on goal, only to be denied by Courtois.

The second goal came in the 52nd minute. Bellingham reached the byline and stood up a cross for Mbappe at the back post; the Frenchman rose and headed back across goal, and Guler made sure it crossed the line.

Madrid kept pushing after the break. Federico Valverde burst into the area and forced a save from Vandevoordt, and Guler went close to another after exchanging passes with Valverde, though his first-time shot was too close to the goalkeeper.

Mbappe put the result beyond doubt in the 83rd minute, receiving a pass from Diomande on the edge of the area and curling a shot into the top corner. ESPN's report says it was his 12th goal of the season, and it made the score 3-0.

Leipzig's reply came from a substitute. Christoph Baumgartner cut through the Madrid defence to play in Gomis, who scored in the 85th minute to make it 3-1. Diomande answered two minutes later.

The scorer and his former club

Diomande's goal came against the club he left in the summer, in a move ESPN values at a potential €140 million ($189m). The report describes the finish as a thunderous volley from a Brahim Diaz cross, and it arrived after Mbappe's goal had already settled the result.

What the report does not explain is how the move came about or how Leipzig replaced him. This article does not add that.

What the report says about the campaign

The win maintained Madrid's perfect start in the Champions League, according to ESPN, which calls the result an emphatic one for the Spanish side. That is a form line rather than a table claim: a team can begin with a perfect run and still sit level with a rival on points depending on the other fixtures. The report does not say how many matches the run covers.

It gives no full lineups, no qualification or group-table statement and no injury or suspension news. Readers who need those will need another source.

The numbers behind the score

ESPN's match data adds the shape of the game: Madrid had 64.4% possession to Leipzig's 35.6%, and 18 shots to 11, with 11 on target against six. Vandevoordt made six saves to Courtois' five, Madrid won seven corners to one, and the passing split was 679 of 742 for Madrid against 356 of 405 for Leipzig. The announced attendance at the Santiago Bernabeu was 73,016. These are ESPN's figures, not an official UEFA match report.

Anyone who saw only the score has two details worth carrying: the 87th-minute finish, and the fact that it came from a former Leipzig player. Everything else in the 4-1 was, on this evidence, ordinary work by Madrid's attack.