Real Madrid 3-2 Celta Vigo: Mbappe brace keeps the pressure on Barcelona

Kylian Mbappe scored doubly to assistance Real Madrid support the unit connected LaLiga leaders Barcelona pursuing a hard-fought 3-2 triumph implicit Celta Vigo connected Sunday.

Madrid stay 4 points down Hansi Flick’s team, who bushed Real Valladolid connected Saturday, with 4 games of their respective league seasons remaining.

Carlo Ancelotti’s broadside got themselves up successful the 33rd infinitesimal erstwhile a abbreviated country regular saw Arda Guler prime retired the top-left country with a stunning curling effort.

Mbappe doubled the hosts’ pb six minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium collected Jude Bellingham’s walk earlier ending a driving tally with different good decorativeness past Vicente Guaita.

The French planetary grabbed his brace 3 minutes aft the break, racing successful down aft Guler’s defence-splitting shot earlier sending a left-footed decorativeness home.

But Celta Vigo reduced the shortage successful the 69th infinitesimal erstwhile Javi Rodriguez finished from adjacent scope aft Hugo Sotelo’s neat flick from a country was cleared disconnected the line.

The visitors threatened a nervy decorativeness astatine the Santiago Bernabeu erstwhile substitute Williot Swedberg rounded disconnected a good passing determination with a astute decorativeness past Thibaut Courtois.

Pablo Duran astir completed the turnaround soon aft but saw his changeable saved by Courtois, but Madrid were capable to clasp connected to seal an important 3 points.

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Data Debrief: Mbappe closing successful connected Madrid record

After a hard commencement to his clip successful the Spanish capital, Mbappe has surely recovered his feet successful what has been an outstanding debut play for Los Blancos.

Indeed, the 26-year-old has present scored 24 goals successful 30 games successful LaLiga this season. Only Cristiano Ronaldo successful 2009-10 (26) and Ruud Van Nistelrooy successful 2006-07 (25) person scored much successful their archetypal run with Madrid successful the contention successful the 21st century.

He present has 36 goals successful each competitions and is 1 shy of Ivan Zamorano’s grounds haul of 37 for a Madrid subordinate successful their archetypal play astatine the club. And who amended to nett his record-clinching extremity than Barcelona, who they look successful adjacent week’s Clasico.