Real Madrid survived the stupidity of their captain Dani Carvajal to kick off their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 comeback win over Marseille at the Bernabeu.

Carvajal started the match on the bench and ended it in disgrace after he was sent off for headbutting Marseille goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli in the second half (watch in the video player above).

The head-to-head contact looked fairly light and Rulli made the most of it by theatrically falling backwards onto the turf.

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But it was always going to end in a red card to Carvajal, the 33-year-old Spain legend who is closing in on 300 games for the club.

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