Jude Bellingham scored a backheel equaliser as Real Madrid twice came from behind to beat AEK Athens 3-2, marking his 60th Champions League appearance. Bongda24h reports that the England midfielder reached that total aged 23 years and 128 days, the youngest player to do so in the competition.
An equaliser before the late turnaround
Aboubakary Koita put AEK ahead in the 12th minute. Bellingham levelled in the 32nd, turning Marc Cucurella's cross into the net with his heel. AEK went back in front in the 75th minute, but Kylian Mbappé equalised before Federico Valverde settled the match in added time.
The victory left Real Madrid with 12 points from four Champions League games, according to Bongda24h. Bellingham's goal was the first of two equalisers in a match the visitors eventually won.
A milestone across Dortmund and Madrid
Bongdaplus, citing a statistic published by AS, says Bellingham improved on the previous age mark held by Iker Casillas, who reached 60 appearances at 23 years and 167 days. The difference is 39 days.
The same report breaks Bellingham's total down into 23 appearances for Borussia Dortmund and 37 for Real Madrid. It dates his first Champions League campaign with Dortmund to October 2020 and credits him with 16 goals and 14 assists across those first 60 matches. Those career totals provide context for the milestone, distinct from the single goal he scored against AEK. Madrid continue their campaign after four wins from four.