Mbappé leads Real Madrid to victory with a two-goal performance
Arda seals the win in a match that got complicated for Madrid after a strong first half. Lejeune's mistakes cost Rayo, a team that started slow but picked up steam, as they pulled one back with a goal by Camello
K ylian Mbappé scored twice in a jittery Real Madrid victory in La Liga ..Mbappé scored the first and last goals of Real Madrid’s 4-1 win over Rayo Vallecano . Mbappé converted a 14th-minute penalty after Florian Lejeune made a rash tackle of Álvaro Carreras. Lejeune was again to blame when his poor pass was intercepted and led to Mbappé assisting Carreras to make it 2-0. Jude Bellingham slotted the third goal in the 35th. But modest Rayo took the initiative at the Santiago Bernabeu after halftime, dominating the ball for stretches and finding holes in Madrid’s new-look defense. Sergio Camello poked home a goal in the 51st, moments after Pedro Díaz hit the post and drew the first of several saves from Thibaut Courtois. T he Belgium goalkeeper had to bail out Madrid again , parrying more shots by Lejeune and Heorhii Tsitaishvili. That was too much for many of the home fans, who whistled the dip in performance by José Mourinho’s side — until Mbappé found the corner in stoppage time. His double pulled the France striker level with Barcelona’s Raphinha and Rayo’s Camello with six goals apiece in five rounds in La Liga.
