Champions League | Brahim Díaz scores in Real Madrid’s win over Leipzig

Brahim Díaz steps up in Jude Bellingham's absence to lead Real Madrid to a 1-0 win against Leipzig in the Champions League.

After scoring Real Madrid's winner with a mazy solo run, Brahim Díaz jogged to the sideline and spread his arms wide open to celebrate.

He was imitating the trademark goal celebration of Jude Bellingham, the injured teammate he replaced in the starting lineup.

“Oh my god Brahim!!!,” Bellingham wrote on X, moments after the goal.

Díaz stepped up in Bellingham's absence on Tuesday, leading Madrid to a 1-0 win at Leipzig in the round of 16 in the Champions League.

“I really like Jude, from the moment he arrived we've been getting along,” Díaz said.

“I'm helping him with his Spanish, he is a world-class talent and we are enjoying having him around. He is a great person as well, and I'm very thankful to him.”

Bellingham, one of Madrid's best players this season after joining from Borussia Dortmund, couldn't play after spraining his ankle in a Spanish league game this weekend. The England international has 20 goals in 29 games in all competitions this season, including four goals — and three assists — in five Champions League matches. He is expected to be sidelined for two to three weeks.