But Ronaldo equalised nearly immediately following half-time by knocking home Dani Carvajal's cross, then provoked two bookings which saw Bayern centre-half Javi Martinez sent off, and completed the comeback by stabbing in a cross from substitute Marco Asensio.
The visitors came back strong in the second half, with Cristiano Ronaldo grabbing his first two minutes in the second half.
Wednesday's brace extended Ronaldo's lead over Barcelona rival Lionel Messi in the race to reach a Champions League century. "The people that love Cristiano never doubt me".
Ronaldo added: "When I started scoring goals in the Champions League, I never imagined I'd beat this record".
That being said, the tension told when Marco Asensio, on as a substitute for Gareth Bale, clipped a delightful ball into Ronaldo's path on the 77th minute, and the forward got to the ball first to clip in the victor. However, we're happy with our performance.
The post primarily refers to the fact that the players in the photgraph - CR7, Mariano Díaz, Luka Modric, Rubén Yañez, Casemiro and Dani Carvajal - were the victorious team in a round of mini-matches in Real's latest session at Valdebebas. After the red card, Real Madrid took over and was hoping to capitalize once again and score a second away goal and win the game. The victory is deserved although it leaves things very open for the return game.
Meanwhile, Real coach Zinedine Zidane praised Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for his display. He did well, he made some saves but that's football. "We're content with the result, but we'd have liked to have scored more".
Arturo Vidal's thumping header steered manager Carlo Ancelotti's side into the lead before Ronaldo equalised early in the second half and added a late victor after Javi Martinez's 60th-minute sending off. The 32-year-old is on course for his lowest-scoring league campaign since 2009-10, too, with only 19 of those goals having come in La Liga this term.
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"We know April will be a hard, decisive month, and the team looks good".
"Gareth is not going to be with us against Sporting, that is clear", Zidane said at his pre-match media conference.
The Bavarians now have it all to do for the return in Madrid next Tuesday.
Zidane could have a headache ahead of the second leg with Bayern after Isco staked his claim, with Lucas Vasquez also able to play in Bale's position.
"It could have finished (with a) much higher (scoreline), but we believe we can still do it", he said. "The belief is still strong, or we wouldn't be FC Bayern Munich", he said.
The Frenchman said: "Winning here isn't easy".
"We had the game under control in the first half, but we lost our efficiency after the break". With patience, and taking the ball from them, the second half was very good. It wasn't a penalty but that happens and it could have been 2-0.
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