Kylian Mbappe scored his fourth goal in four appearances with a long-range shot to put Real Madrid on course for a 4-2 win over visiting Sevilla in the Spanish League on Sunday.
Mbappe, Real Madrid's top scorer, who also scored the goal in the 3-0 victory over Pachuca in the Intercontinental Cup in Qatar on Wednesday, fired a goal into space from a central position outside the penalty area 10 minutes later, scoring a powerful strike past goalkeeper Alvaro. Fernandez.
The French forward missed his side's 3-3 draw with Rayo Vallecano with a thigh injury eight days ago, but returned to score a memorable 13th goal in 23 appearances in all competitions in 2024/25.
What a goal for Kylian Mbappe 🤯
The Frenchman shoots from long range to give Real Madrid the lead against Sevilla 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/1l9CZwRPLz
– Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) December 22, 2024
Madrid vs Sevilla
Mbappe, who joined during the summer, could have scored the second goal seven minutes later, sending a shot over the crossbar from a Lucas Vazquez cross.
Federico Valverde made up for that miss with a brilliant finish in the 20th minute, collecting the ball in a similar position to Mbappe's goal and slotting the ball home from a short corner kick.
Rodrygo added a relatively ordinary third goal for Real Madrid 11 minutes before half-time, completing a brilliant team move involving Jude Bellingham, Vazquez and Brahim Diaz.
Sevilla put this goal away with a goal of their own a minute later when Izak Romero headed home from a Juanlo Sanchez pass, but Diaz scored Real Madrid's fourth goal from a Mbappe pass eight minutes after the end of the first half.
Dodi Lukebakio responded for Sevilla five minutes from time, beating Thibaut Courtois with a shot at the Real Madrid goalkeeper's near post five minutes from time.
Special strike from Fede Valverde 😱
The Uruguayan scores from a distance to double Real Madrid's lead 💥 pic.twitter.com/G606b7lKSy
– Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) December 22, 2024
Spanish League schedule: Atletico, Real Madrid, Barcelona
Real Madrid's third successive win at home since their 4-0 defeat to Barcelona on October 26 moved them two points ahead of Hansi Flick's side.
The team is one point behind leaders Atletico Madrid, which came back to win 2-1 against its host Barcelona, on Saturday, through the winning goal scored by Alexander Sorloth in the 96th minute.
Their opponents suffered a third successive defeat away from home in the league, although they were 3-1 ahead of Atletico with 29 minutes remaining before losing 4-3 on December 8th.
Real Madrid will play its next match away to second-placed Valencia on January 3 (8pm GMT), while Atletico will play its next league match at home against Osasuna on January 12 (3.15pm).
Barcelona have lost four times and drawn two of their last seven La Liga matches. The team will then play in the league with a visit to Getafe on January 18 (8pm).
