Mbappé can't rescue Real Madrid in Champions League loss to Lille

AP Sports Writer (AP) — Kylian Mbappé came off the bench but couldn't prevent defending champion Real Madrid from losing 1-0 at unheralded Lille in the revamped Champions League on Wednesday.

With Mbappé a substitute after a minor hamstring injury, the opening goal came from Canada striker Jonathan David 's penalty deep into first-half stoppage time. A video review ruled that midfielder Eduardo Camavinga handled the ball.

David scored a hat trick last weekend and shot confidently past goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, who was replacing the injured Thibaut Courtois. Mbappé came on in the 57th.

It was Madrid's first loss in the competition since a 4-0 hammering by Manchester City in the 2023 semifinal return leg.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti did not excuse his players.

“We made a lot of errors. In the first half, we had a lot of issues in the transitions,” he said. "We weren’t aggressive enough. We weren’t able to create chances, we weren’t great in possession. We were slow, we lacked ideas. We have forwards that need to play vertically, and, if we can’t supply that, it’s difficult. ... It was the same the last time we lost a match.”

Madrid hadn’t lost in 36 official matches, since a 4-2 defeat in extra time to Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey in January.

A brighter note saw Brazil teenager Endrick becoming the youngest Champions League starter for Madrid at 18 years, 73 days old. He surpassed the mark set by former Madrid great Raúl González, who was 18 years, 78 days old when he faced Ajax in 1995.

Liverpool coach Arne Slot got his first taste of a European night at Anfield and saw his team beat Bologna 2-0, thanks to goals from midfielder Alexis Mac Allister and prolific forward Mohamed Salah, who set up the first goal.

Salah teased the defense with an 11th-minute cross for Mac Allister to score from close range and curled in a rising shot in the 75th as Liverpool carried over the confidence from easing past AC Milan 3-1 at San Siro two weeks ago.

Bologna, playing in the competition for the first time in 60 years, is still looking for a goal after drawing 0-0 with Shakhtar Donetsk in the first round.

Substitute Jhon Duran scored a late winner to give Aston Villa another 1-0 win over Bayern Munich.

When the sides met in the 1982 European Cup final, Villa won 1-0 in a big upset. Prince William was born that year, and he was cheering in the Villa Park crowd when Duran pounced late on.

Coach Unai Emery sent the 20-year-old Duran on in the 70th and the Colombia forward — who has made a habit of scoring goals from the bench — did it again with a brilliant left-footed effort from around 25 meters to beat Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Juventus had goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio sent off in the 59th for a handball yet still won 3-2 at Leipzig.

Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko scored both goals for Leipzig but Serbia’s Dusan Vlahovic did the same for 10-man Juve before Francisco Conceição netted in the 82nd.

Kerem Akturkoglu, veteran Ángel Di Maria, Alexander Bah and Orkun Kokcu scored for Benfica in a 4-0 rout of Atletico Madrid.

Benfica’s victory equaled the biggest winning margin by a Portuguese team against a Spanish one in Europe's elite club competition. They also claimed the other victory, defeating Real Madrid 5-1 back in February 1965.

To add to the pain, it was Atleti’s joint-biggest margin of defeat in UEFA club competitions.

Earlier, Atalanta and Feyenoord got their first wins in the competition’s second round of matches.

Italian team Atalanta coasted to a 3-0 win over Ukraine's Shakhtar while Dutch club Feyenoord secured a gritty 3-2 win at tournament newcomer Girona.

Albanian Berat Djimsiti, Nigerian Ademola Lookman, and Italian Raoul Bellanova scored for Atalanta in the German city of Gelsenkirchen. It was officially a home game for Shakhtar, which is playing at German club Schalke’s stadium because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Girona led through center-back David López's close-range finish, but the visitors equalized with an own goal from Yangel Herrera and took the lead on Antoni Milambo's 31st-minute strike.

Donny van de Beek made it 2-2 but another own goal, this time from Ladislav Krejci, gave Feynoord — Slot's former club — victory in a match where both teams missed a penalty.

Monaco netted a last-minute equalizer in a 2-2 draw at Dinamo Zagreb thanks to Denis Zakaria's penalty.

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Dinamo's Lukas Kacavenda escapes the tackle by Monaco's Denis Zakaria during the Champions League soccer match between Dinamo Zagreb and Monaco at Maksimir stadium in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Juventus players celebrate after the UEFA Champions League opening phase soccer match between Leipzig and Juventus in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Benfica's Orkun Kokcu, right, celebrates after scoring his sides fourth goal during a Champions League opening phase soccer match between SL Benfica and Atletico Madrid in Lisbon, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Juventus fans celebrate after the UEFA Champions League opening phase soccer match between Leipzig and Juventus in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe, center dribbles the ball during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Lille and Real Madrid at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, outside Lille, France, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Aston Villa's Jhon Duran celebrates after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Aston Villa and Bayern Munich, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (David Davies/PA via AP)

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Bologna at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti protests to referee Maurizio Mariani from Italy during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Lille and Real Madrid at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, outside Lille, France, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko celebrates after he scored during the UEFA Champions League opening phase soccer match between Leipzig and Juventus in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Britain's Prince William, second left in back row, reacts during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Aston Villa and Bayern Munich, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Feyenoord players celebrate after a goal during the Champions League soccer match between Girona and Feyenoord, in Girona, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Aston Villa's Jhon Duran celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Aston Villa and Bayern Munich, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Atalanta's Berat Djimsiti celebrates with his teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Atalanta at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Liverpool and Bologna at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe, right, dribbles the ball past Lille's Benjamin Andre during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Lille and Real Madrid at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, outside Lille, France, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

DUBAI (AP) — England batter Joe Root and India pacer Jasprit Bumrah are among the four players in contention for the International Cricket Council's men's player of the year award.

Prolific England batter Harry Brook and Australia's Travis Head are the other two men's nominees announced by the ICC on Monday.

Bumrah has been superb with his seam bowling this year and produced another near unplayable spell when he took 5-57 in the fourth test against Australia, which finished Monday with a dramatic victory for the Australians.

It was his 13th five-wicket haul in tests and the 31-year-old now has 203 test wickets at an average of 19.42. He took 71 wickets in 13 tests this year, averaging a remarkably low 14.92. He also captured 15 wickets as India won their second men’s T20 World Cup title.

Root has enjoyed a brilliant year with the bat, scoring 1,556 runs from 17 tests with an average of 55.57.

It was the fifth time he has scored 1,000 test runs in a calendar year and his six hundreds — including a career-best score of 262 — took him to 36 test tons and joint fifth place all-time with India's Rahul Dravid.

He also surpassed Alastair Cook to become England's leading run-scorer with 12,972.

Brook compiled 1,100 runs from 12 tests at a strike rate of 85.00, showcasing both his brutal hitting and ability to improvise under pressure with some exquisite timing.

He hit four hundreds, including a superb triple century with a blistering 317 off 322 deliveries against Pakistan on an admittedly pancake-flat track in Multan — where Root made his 262 during their marathon 453-run stand.

Head, meanwhile, has stood out with his aggressive counter-attacking batting in both tests and T20s.

South Africa batter Laura Wolvaardt and Sri Lanka’s all-formats captain Chamari Athapaththu are the women’s nominees along with allrounders Annabel Sutherland (Australia) and Melie Kerr (New Zealand).

Wolvaardt scored 697 runs across 12 ODIs, averaging 87.12 with a highest score of 184 not out. She complied 223 runs across three tests, averaging 37.16 with a best knock of 122.

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FILE - New Zealand's Amelia Kerr reacts as she leaves the field after losing her wicket during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final match between New Zealand and South Africa at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

FILE - Australia's Annabel Sutherland celebrate the wicket of New Zealand's Isabella Gaze during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match between Australia and New Zealand at Sharjah Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Australia's Travis Head plays a shot during play on the day four of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

FILE - Sri Lanka's captain Chamari Athapaththu celebrates after she runout India's Smriti Mandhana during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and Sri Lanka at Dubai International Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

FILE - South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt plays a shot during the women's cricket T20 preliminary round match between New Zealand and South Africa at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Australia's Travis Head during play on the day four of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)