Kylian Mbappe scored twice to help Real Madrid come back from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 and to move the top of the LaLala classification on Saturday.
The side of Carlo Ancelotti was held last season on an exciting 4-4 draw in their visit to Estadio de la Ceramica, and they were again amazed when the home team opened the score after just seven minutes.
The corner of Alex Baena reached Juan Foyth after a deflection of Aurelien Tchouameni and the Argentina International returned home to bring the score to Villarreal on 1-0.
Real Madrid, however, equalized 10 minutes later when Mbappe scored a rebound after the first attempt by Brahim Diaz was stopped by goalkeeper Diego Conde.
The French International found his second of the match six minutes later, persistent to Lucas Vazquez's through Ball and Slot home to score what the winner turned out to be for the visitors.
Real Top The Table with 60 points and are three points free of the second placed Barcelona, which are confronted on Sunday opposite Atletico Madrid.
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Data Debrief: Mbappe affects 20 goals
With its last brace, Mbappe has now scored 20 goals in the Spanish top flight this season – more than any other Real Madrid player.
Only Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski (21) has scored more goals than Mbappe during the current campaign.
After their last comeback victory, the defending champion won 15 points this season by losing positions, whereby only Celta de Vigo (16) and Atlético Madrid (17) recovered more.
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