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Kylian Mbappe Brace Lifts Monaco to 3-2 First-Leg Win vs. Borussia Dortmund

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AS Monaco snatched the advantage in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday after Kylian Mbappe bagged a brace to sink Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at Signal Iduna Park in the rescheduled first segment of their two-legged affair.

Fabinho missed an early penalty for the travelling outfit before Mbappe made up for the error soon after, and makeshift centre-back Sven Bender scored an own goal to put the guests into a 2-0 lead.

Dortmund hit back in the second half through Ousmane Dembele, and though Mbappe broke free late to net a third for the French titans, Shinji Kagawa's 85th-minute goal rescued some hope for the German quarter-finalists.