Kylian Mbappe took a First Champions League-Hattrick as a Real Madrid player when Los Blancos walked comfortably 3-1 winners on Manchester City in the Bernabeu.
Mbappe and Madrid were in sparkling form because they brought a gloomy city a total of 6-3 and continue to the round of 16 of Europe’s Elite Club competition. Nico Gonzalez scored a comfort goal for the city in the second half of the stop time.
Erling Haaland was left on the couch when the side of Pep Guardiola offered very little threat and struggled to contain Real’s attacking talents on a miserable night for the Premier League champions.
In the meantime, the Carlo Ancelotti team, which stuttered itself in the competition phase of this season, produced a performance that will strengthen them as permanent favorites to retain their European crown.
Kylian Mbappé: hat-trick.
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How the action unfolded
In a game that would always be a challenge for City started in the disastrous way for the visitors.
After only four minutes, City was behind when Mbappe ended beautifully after holding a long ball over the top. The flight of the PAS was wrongly rated by Ruben Dias, making Mbappe the ball effortlessly about Ederson Loft.
It seemed that the round of 16 already seemed to slip away from the city. To put together things, John Stones bumped a little later with the Guardiola team who has difficulty controlling the home team.
Kylian Mbappé, that’s a brilliant finish 👏
Real Madrid extends their lead with an early goal!
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Real’s Front Three were spiders. Mbappe, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior caused the back line of the city more than a few headaches. A second goal only felt like a matter of time.
And yes, the apparently inevitable happened at 33 minutes when Mbappe found the net again after dancing two city players in the box before he roasted the net in the net.
It is the Mbappé show 🍿
The attacker is gvardiol to score his second of the night 😳
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The visitors held; A feeling of damage limit starts to crawl indoors.
It was more of the same after the break. Real looked dangerous every time they shot forward. In the meantime, Stad and Guardiola saw nervous.
Mbappe went close to a hat trick after stretching to meet a Federico Valverde-Kruis, but his por was widespread by Ederson.
At the hour Mark, however, Real’s number nine made sure that he would take the competition ball home when his left feet defeated the strike of the city to make three.
The progress of Real was almost confirmed at this point. Gonzalez grabbed a consolation goal in the stopping time, but City was left to lick the wounds of a game that in the end never really was a game.
