3 things Real Madrid did right against Bayern Munich

#1 Capitalizing on Bayern's mistakes

Marcelo scored a beauty to equalize for Real Madrid

Like Toni Kroos mentioned in the build-up towards the game, the Champions League does indeed release special powers in Real Madrid. Their measured approach could have been punished and it would have looked ugly had Bayern taken the chances they were afforded.

However, they failed to do so and could only muster the one goal. It's a cliche but big matches are often won by the team that makes fewer mistakes. And it's a menacing habit that Real Madrid have nurtured over the last couple of years, waiting for the opponent to mess up and then put them to bed while the guilt and regret is still fresh.

When Ramos played a diagonal ball that was flicked on by Carvajal, Ronaldo attempted a bicycle kick which put Javi Martinez off. Thus he ended up giving Marcelo just enough room to go for one himself and the Brazilian doesn't reject a chance to leave his mark on a game.

Had Bayern been a bit more vigilant in and around the area, that goal could have been avoided. The second goal started from a horror vertical ball from Rafinha that was played straight into the hands of Asensio. Once Asensio and Lucas Vazquez broke on the counter, there was no stopping them.

Bayern have a mountain to climb at the Santiago Bernabeu. Well, it's not impossible as Juventus went on to prove with their valiant efforts a couple of weeks ago.

But this Real Madrid team can never be written off and if you so much as switch off for a second, they will turn the game on its head.