Bayern Munich had never won at Atlético Madrid. On Tuesday night, with half a team missing, they finally did — and it was not close.
The German champions arrived at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano without head coach Vincent Kompany, absent ill, and with Jamal Musiala, Luis Díaz, Serge Gnabry and Ismael Saibari all on the injury list. Michael Olise, a doubt after a knee injury against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, was cleared to start and joined Harry Kane and Lennart Karl in a makeshift front line, with Alphonso Davies pushed up the left wing.
Bayern controlled the first half without landing a punch. Neither side managed a shot on target before the break. Julián Álvarez flashed an early chance wide, Karl blazed over from a Kane lay-off after Dayot Upamecano's pressing won the ball back, and Kane volleyed wide on the turn from a Laimer cross. Manuel Neuer, making his 164th Champions League appearance — a record for a German player — had little to do. The full match archive is in the Game Center.
The second half belonged to Bayern from the first minute. Joshua Kimmich stung Jan Oblak's palms from distance, and on 54 minutes the pressure told in the simplest way. Robin Le Normand took too long on the ball inside his own area, Karl picked his pocket and lifted the finish over the advancing Oblak. The teenager had his goal, and Atlético's plan was gone.
Diego Simeone answered with a triple change — Koke, Ademola Lookman and Kang-in Lee for Alexander Sørloth, Álex Baena and Le Normand — and Marcos Llorente could not take the hosts' clearest look of the night. Bayern kept coming instead. Upamecano drove forward and saw a deflected shot tipped onto the crossbar by Oblak on 73 minutes. A minute later Kane drifted a pass out to Laimer on the right of the area, and the Austrian took a touch, looked up, and rifled the ball high past Oblak.
Laimer, outstanding all night down the right, had also scored in Der Klassiker at the weekend — the first time in his career he has scored in consecutive matches. Bayern thought they had a third late on, only for it to be ruled out for a foul by Upamecano, and it did not matter.
A first in Madrid
The numbers matched the eye test: 19 shots to nine for Bayern, and a first defeat in 10 matches for Atlético, whose nine-match unbeaten run ends with their first home defeat of the season. Bayern, with two wins and two draws, climb to eighth in the league phase on eight points and remain unbeaten this season. Atlético sit on four points from four games. Kane, for his part, blanked for the first time in this season's competition — his scoring run stops at 10 straight Champions League games, one short of Cristiano Ronaldo's record — but he still left Madrid with the assist that sealed a historic win. More football coverage is on the Previously Sports front.
By the Numbers
| Goals | Lennart Karl 54' — picked Robin Le Normand's pocket inside his own area and lifted the finish over Jan Oblak; Konrad Laimer 74' — took Harry Kane's cross-field pass on the right of the area, a touch, and rifled the ball high past Oblak |
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| Man of the match | Konrad Laimer (Flashscore) — the sealing goal, Bayern's best player on the night, 9/10 in the Goal ratings |
| The absences | Bayern were without head coach Vincent Kompany, absent ill, and the injured Jamal Musiala, Luis Díaz, Serge Gnabry and Ismael Saibari; Michael Olise was cleared to start after a knee injury against Borussia Dortmund |
| The milestones | Bayern's first-ever win away at Atlético Madrid; Manuel Neuer's 164th Champions League appearance, a record for a German player; Harry Kane's scoring run stops at 10 straight Champions League games, one short of Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 11 |
| The stakes | Bayern unbeaten (two wins, two draws), eighth in the league phase on eight points; Atlético's nine-match unbeaten run ends with a first defeat in 10 and a first home defeat of the season — four points from four games |
| The occasion | UEFA Champions League league phase, Matchday 4 · Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid · Tuesday November 3, 2026 |
Sources · 7 sources
- TNT Sports — Atlético Madrid 0-2 Bayern Munich: the result and live commentary — Bayern's historic first win in the Spanish capital, and both goals.
- AFP via Ekkow — "Bayern skeleton crew sink Atlético in Champions League" — the absences, Kompany's illness, Kane's record chase and the standings.
- Bundesliga.com — the match liveticker — minute-by-minute sequence, Neuer's 164th Champions League appearance and the disallowed third goal.
- Flashscore — "Bayern bounce back with win over Atlético" — Laimer man of the match and the end of Atlético's nine-match unbeaten run; also the source of the in-body photograph and statistics graphic.
- Bavarian Football Works — the Laimer goal article — his first consecutive-match scoring run, and the source of the hero photograph.
- Yardbarker / Goal ratings — Laimer stars as Bayern end the Metropolitano hoodoo — 9/10 for Laimer, a first defeat in 10 for Atlético.
- TNT Sports Football — the official highlights of this match, embedded above.
