AC Milan have sprung a huge surprise in the Champions League, beating Real Madrid 3-1 at the Bernabeu this evening.

In Real’s first outing since the 4-0 humbling here against Barcelona, Carlo Ancelotti‘s men made the worst possible start, falling behind inside a quarter of an hour through Malick Thiaw‘s header.

Vinicius Junior‘s penalty midway through the first half looked like it would kickstart another Los Blancos comeback, but the home crowd were stunned when former Real striker Alvaro Morata put the Rossoneri back in front.

There was further shock for the 83,000-capacity crowd, as Tijjani Reijnders finished off a fine Milan move to double the visitor’s lead with just under 20 minutes remaining.

Milan could have had more as Rafael Leao was denied brilliantly by Andriy Lunin and also struck the post from a corner, while Kylian Mbappe was guilty of passing up a golden opportunity at the other end.

Antonio Rudiger thought he had halved the arrears with eight minutes remaining when he fired home in the aftermath of a set piece, but following a lengthy VAR review, the goal was chalked off for offisde.

Real kept the pressure on, but Paulo Fonseca‘s side were able to deal with it relatively comfortably, as Mike Maignan made a few fine saves during six minutes of injury time.

The home side were booed and whistled on the half-time whistle, and those jeers intensified tenfold when the final whistle was sounded by referee Slavko Vincic, as Real suffer a second straight home defeat.

An excellent performance will ease the pressure on Fonseca at Milan, who have moved level on points with Real in the 36-team standings, sitting just one place below on goal difference.