AS Roma 2-2 Real Madrid
Uefa Champions League 2018/19
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Real Madrid found solace in the Champions League once more as a 2-0 win at Roma confirmed top spot in Group G.
The three-time reigning champions took a 47th-minute lead through Gareth Bale, who capitalised on Federico Fazio's mistake.
That came after Cengiz Under's woeful miss at the end of the first half and Real doubled their lead when Lucas Vazquez struck to secure top spot in the pool.
Both sides are suffering domestically. Roma lost to Udinese in Serie A last Saturday and are seventh; Real are sixth in LaLiga following a 3-0 loss to Eibar, their fifth of the season.
But both are in the knockout stages of Europe's elite club competition. Viktoria Plzen's earlier 2-1 win at CSKA Moscow meant both sides were through before kick-off, with top spot in Group G and a favourable last-16 seeding becoming the target.
Roma needed to beat Real by four clear goals to usurp them at the top of the pool, which was always an unlikely outcome.
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