By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Kylan Mbappe scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Paris Saint-Germain beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the Champions League round-of-16 first-leg on Tuesday.
Lionel Messi had earlier seen a penalty saved by Thibault Courtois as PSG dominated but looked set to head into the second leg frustrated.
Mbappe, linked with a summer transfer to Madrid, was a constant threat against 13-time winners Madrid.
After only five minutes the France international twisted and turned Dani Carvajal down the left wing before fizzing a ball across the face of goal that Angel Di Maria put over the bar from close range.
On 18 minutes, Mbappe got behind Carvajal to pick up a lofted ball over the top but scuffed his shot allowing Thibaut Courtois to save with his feet.
Within five minutes of the restart Courtois was called upon to deny Mbappe again, the Madrid goalkeeper getting down to prevent a well-struck effort after more PSG pressure.
Mbappe was fouled in the penalty area by Carvajal in the 61st minute allowing Messi an opportunity to score from 12 yards but the former Barcelona player hit a tame effort that Courtois comfortably knocked away.
PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino reacted by introducing Neymar for the final 20 minutes and in the end it was a backheel from the Brazil international that opened up Madrid and allowed Mbappe to cut in from the left and finish in clinical fashion to decide the game.
Meanwhile Manchester City effectively sealed their progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a stunning last-16, first-leg demolition of Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
As they have done for much of this season, City put on a majestic display to give themselves a surely unassailable advantage in a tie against what had been a buoyant and reinvigorated Portuguese champions.
Bernardo Silva was brilliant, silencing the boos that greeted every touch from him and City’s three other former Benfica players with his side’s second and fourth goals, the first a glorious half-volley following a corner.
In-form Riyad Mahrez was on the scoresheet again with a close-range finish awarded via VAR after a lengthy delay to assess if Kevin de Bruyne had strayed offside in the build-up as originally ruled.
Phil Foden also added to his growing collection of cool, calm finishes in a relentless first half that shattered Sporting.
There was no let-up after the break, with Silva seeing a hat-trick headed goal ruled out for offside before he set up Raheem Sterling to curl in a lovely fifth.
Sporting will travel to Manchester for the formality of the second leg on Wednesday 16 March.