On Wednesday night at the Allianz Arena, he found his shooting boots just when he was most needed to leave Los Blancos within touching distance of the last four.
Zinedine Zidane's transition from retired player to successful coach at Madrid owes a lot to his time at the club under current Bayern boss Carlo Ancelotti.
Ancelotti added: "I like him very much and I am very happy with how he is working and of course had a fantastic quality as a player".
Led by Mbappé and Radamel Falcao, Monaco is one of the highest scoring clubs in Europe this season - they top the Ligue 1 table with 88 goals.
They look at the past five seasons, and they show that Real Madrid are first and Bayern Munich are second.
Bayern won Der Klassiker 4-1 at the Allianz Arena, with the Poland worldwide scoring a brace, and now the player's agent has suggested Dortmund employed some dirty tactics to keep him quiet.
He told the club's official website: "We know each other very well, but that doesn't mean anything: it's not an advantage or a disadvantage".
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The 27-year-old said that he was looking forward to taking on many of his friends and former teammates.
All that changed in the 2014 Champions League's semifinal when the team coached by Pep Guardiola was thrashed 4-0 in Munich, crashing out 5-0 on aggregate as Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos netted twice each.
In Neuer's absence Bayern suffered a rare Bundesliga defeat, losing 1-0 at Hoffenheim last Tuesday, and Carlo Ancelotti will be relieved to see the World Cup victor back in the line-up.
"The sending off was the turning point", Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said. "It's a European cracker featuring two top teams. Toni was already a great player when he was here, but Xabi was a great signing for us". Few pundits seem to be talking or writing about Monaco or Dortmund, and that's a shame, because they are both entertaining and dynamic sides who pose a great deal of danger in attack.
Germany's Mats Hummels was ruled out after damaging ankle ligaments on Sunday so Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez will form the centreback partnership. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will meet in the second leg on April 18 at Santiago Bernabeu.
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer returned to training on Monday, increasing the likelihood of him playing against Real Madrid on Wednesday. The right back is confident, as well as his president, Karl-Heinz Rumenigge: "If someone is able to knock-out Real Madrid, this is Bayern Múnich", he said.
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