Kylian Mbappe's first Real Madrid hat-trick moved Los Blancos four points clear at the LaLiga summit after they beat 10-man Real Valladolid 3-0. (More Football News)
Carlo Ancelotti's side took advantage of Atletico Madrid's slip-up earlier in the day after they were held at home by Villarreal, while Barcelona are in action against Valencia on Sunday.
Valladolid, however, started the brighter of the two sides at the Estadio Municipal Jose Zorrilla, with Thibaut Courtois denying David Torres with a big stop early on.
But Madrid hit the front in the 30th minute when Mbappe combined brilliantly with Jude Bellingham before curling the ball past Karl Hein and into the bottom right-hand corner.바카라 웹사이트
Los Blancos바카라 웹사이트and Mbappe then doubled their tally 12 minutes after the break, with the Frenchman producing a carbon copy of his opening goal after collecting바카라 웹사이트Rodrygo's pass.바카라 웹사이트
Matters were made worse for bottom-club Valladolid late on when바카라 웹사이트Mario Martin received his second yellow card for a바카라 웹사이트poor challenge on Bellingham inside the penalty area.바카라 웹사이트
The subsequent spot-kick was dispatched emphatically by Mbappe, whose stuttering run-up sent Hein the wrong way and concluded the scoring in the encounter.바카라 웹사이트
Mbappe바카라 웹사이트has now scored 22 goals in his first 32 games of a season for바카라 웹사이트Madrid, something only Cristiano Ronaldo (five바카라 웹사이트times) and Karim Benzema (four바카라 웹사이트times) have managed since the 2013-14 campaign.
Data Debrief: Mbappe continues to silence his critics
Mbappe had endured a difficult start to life at the Bernabeu, with many suggesting he was struggling to adapt in the Spanish capital. However, he has since put those worries to bed.
Since the start of December 2024, only Newcastle United's Alexander Isak (14) has scored more goals than Mbappe바카라 웹사이트(13) in all competitions among players from Europe's top five leagues.
The Frenchman netted his maiden treble for Madrid in just his 19th LaLiga match for them.바카라 웹사이트In the 21st century in the competition, only Ruud van Nistelrooy (two games), Gareth Bale (nine games) and Emmanuel Adebayor (14th game) have done so quicker as a바카라 웹사이트Los Blancos바카라 웹사이트player바카라 웹사이트(also 19 for Ronaldo Nazario).
Of the 22 goals Mbappe바카라 웹사이트has scored for Madrid in all competitions, eight of them have come courtesy of four assists from바카라 웹사이트Bellingham and four from Rodrygo, more than any other of his바카라 웹사이트team-mates (three from Vinicius Junior).
