Kylian Mbappe scored his tenth La Liga objective of the season in beautiful trend as Actual Madrid returned to successful methods and moved to second within the desk with a 4-2 win towards Sevilla on the Santiago Bernabeu.
The Frenchman opening the scoring to offer Los Blancos the lead inside 10 minutes, with a shocking strike from outdoors of the field discovering the highest nook, leaving Sevilla goalkeeper Alvaro Fernandez with no likelihood to put it aside.
Madrid doubled their lead 10 minutes later with yet one more rocket strike, this time from Federico Valverde who fired from 30 yards out. Rodrygo made it three within the thirty fourth minute as he completed off a beautiful group transfer to attain his third objective in as many video games.
The guests had been handed a method again into the sport simply earlier than half-time when Isaac Romero headed residence Juanlu Sanchez’s cross simply seconds after Madrid’s third.
However that hope shortly died after half-time when a neat group transfer managed by Mbappe noticed the Frenchman lay the ball on the plate for Brahim Diaz to fit previous Alvaro Fernandez.
The 75,000 plus crowd on the Santiago Bernanbeu all took to their toes within the sixty fifth minute as 39-year-old Jesus Navas entered the sector for the ultimate time in his profession and was handed the captain’s armband, with the Sevilla legend retiring after the full-time whistle.
Sevilla scored their second objective of the sport within the closing levels of the second half, when an excellent through-ball by Peque Fernandez discovered Dodi Lukebakio, who squeezed his shot previous Thibaut Courtois.
La Liga now takes a two week break with Madrid subsequent in motion towards Valencia on Friday, January 3, 2025, while Sevilla are in Copa de Rey motion towards Almeria on Saturday, January 4.
