Valverde seals late Real Madrid win at AEK Athens
Real Madrid maintained their perfect Champions League record with a late victory at AEK Athens, where captain Federico Valverde scored the decisive goal to hand the hosts a third straight defeat.
Real Madrid kept up their 100% start to this season's Champions League with another late win, beating AEK Athens 3-2 away, according to the match report. Captain Federico Valverde scored the goal that settled the contest.
The result means Real Madrid have won every Champions League match they have played so far in this campaign. It was also their second late victory in the competition, following the pattern of a previous win secured in the closing stages.
For AEK Athens, the loss was their third in a row in the competition. The hosts scored twice against the Spanish side but could not hold on, conceding the decisive goal late in the game.
The match report was available only to users in the UK, so full details of the scoring and the sequence of goals were not accessible. What is clear is that Valverde, wearing the armband, produced the moment that separated the teams.
Supporters of AEK Athens will view a third consecutive defeat as a damaging run, while Real Madrid fans can take encouragement from a team that has again found a way to win late. Those are reactions to the result rather than verified assessments of either side's overall form.
