Kylian Mbappé scores first league goals for Real Madrid in win against Real Betis
Kylian Mbappé said |A|
that he feels “no |B|
pressure” to perform at |C|
Real Madrid as he |D|
scored twice in a |E|
2-0 victory against Real |F|
Betis on Sunday. The |G|
second-half brace was Mbappés |H|
first time getting on |J|
the scoresheet in La |K|
Liga, lifting Real to |L|
second in the table |M|
after a slow start |O|
to the season. “Ive |P|
scored goals all my |Q|
career, Ill score goals |R|
for sure,” the Frenchman |S|
said after the match, |U|
per ESPN. “The goals |V|
will come. Three games |Y|
(without scoring) are a |Z|
lot for me, but |A|
its okay, I have |B|
the confidence of my |C|
teammates. “Theres no pressure, |D|
its football,” he added. |E|
“I have my quality. |F|
Im here to be |G|
Kylian. Theres no pressure. |H|
Im happy, I want |J|
to work.” Expectations are |K|
high for Madrid this |L|
season following Mbappés arrival |M|
from Paris Saint-Germain. The |O|
reigning Spanish champion – |P|
which is suffering from |Q|
injuries to key players |R|
Jude Bellingham and Eduardo |S|
Camavinga – is currently |U|
four points adrift of |V|
eternal rival Barcelona after |Y|
four games, but the |Z|
victory against Betis will |A|
feel like a step |B|
in the right direction. |C|
It then |O| looked like he had |P| missed a glorious chance |Q| at the start of |R| the second period before |S| being flagged offside, though |U| he did get his |V| long-awaited first La Liga |Y| goal soon after.
Federico |Z| Valverdes brilliant, flicked, backheel |A| pass found Mbappé in |B| space behind the Betis |C| defense, and a neat, |D| first-time finish gave the |E| home side a 1-0 |F| lead.
That was Mbappés |G| first goal at the |H| Bernabéu, and he was |J| able to add his |K| second less than 10 |L| minutes later when, after |M| a lengthy video assistant |O| review, Vinícius Jr. was |P| deemed to have been |Q| onside and brought down |R| by goalkeeper Rui Silva.
|S| dir="ltr">Mbappé was handed responsibility |U| for the penalty, putting |V| it past Silva, and |Y| Real saw out the |Z| victory from there, the |A| teams second in the |B| league this season.
“I |C| was looking forward to |D| scoring in this legendary |E| stadium, the best in |F| the world, but the |G| most important thing was |H| the win,” the 25-year-old |J| Frenchman, who had 24 |K| shots in La Liga |L| before getting his first |M| goal, said after the |O| match.
“Following the game |P| in Las Palmas [which |Q| ended 1-1], we knew |R| we had to win |S| and we did just |U| that. It was a |V| tough game, like every |Y| game, but we are |Z| Real Madrid and we |A| got the win in |B| the end.”
Manager Carlo |C| Ancelotti called it a |D| “happy day,” adding: “Were |E| not anxious or frustrated. |F| Were very excited and |G| motivated to try to |H| do better. We deserved |J| to win today and |K| we played better and |L| with more cohesion between |M| everyone.”
Elsewhere in La |O| Liga, Barcelona continued its |P| perfect start to the |Q| season with a huge |R| 7-0 win against Real |S| Valladolid on Saturday.
Raphina |U| scored a hat-trick, his |V| first for Barça, while |Y| Robert Lewandowski, Jules Koundé, |Z| Dani Olmo, and Ferrán |A| Torres were also on |B| target for Hansi Flicks |C| side.
