Mbappe double helps Real keep pressure on leaders Barca with win over Celta Vigo.
Kylian Mbappé scored two goals as Real Madrid fought off a late comeback attempt from Celta Vigo to secure a 3-2 win yesterday and stay within four points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona whom they visit in next weekend’s “Clasico.”
Madrid opened the scoring through Guler after 33 minutes, when the playmaker cleverly worked some space in the box and then brilliantly curled a strike past the reach of Vicente Guaita.
Mbappe doubled Madrid’s lead after 39 minutes at the sharp end of a rapid breakaway.
Courtois saved well from Borja Iglesias and immediately Madrid thrust forward, with Bellingham setting Mbappe free down the right.
The French superstar ruthlessly lashed past Guaita from just inside the area.
Just three minutes into the second half, Mbappe struck again for his 24th league goal of the season, putting him one behind the top scorer, Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski.
Guler was the creator, playing in the striker with a perfectly-weighted ball and Mbappe finished low with a stroke of his left boot.
It seemed the game was won for Madrid, seventh-placed Celta Vigo made a late charge as Javi Rodríguez scored for the visitors in the 69th minute and Williot Swedberg also struck seven minutes later, but Madrid were able to see off the late pressure to ensure the win.
