Leganes 0-3 Real Madrid: Mbappe & Bellingham score, Valverde finds the net

Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham were both on target as Real Madrid moved to within four points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona with a 3-0 win over Leganes.

Competition events

Federico Valverde also scored for Carlo Ancelotti's side, who have a game in hand over league leaders Barcelona, ​​who were held to a 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo on Saturday.

Mbappe ended a goal drought of more than 400 minutes after being denied by Vinicius Junior shortly before half-time, moments after Leganes had surrendered possession on the edge of their own area.

Madrid dominated possession throughout the second half and doubled their lead in the 66th minute, with Valverde scoring home with little effort from a free-kick won by Bellingham.

9 – Only Kylian Mbappé (10) has scored more goals from outside the box in the Top 5 European leagues in all competitions than Federico Valverde (nine as six other players).

Mbappé's opener, which scored at a crucial moment shortly before the break, put Madrid on the road to victory on Sunday.

Eduardo Camavinga and Bellingham have both pushed high to help the visitors regain possession in the build-up, and Madrid have now scored five goals as a result of high turnover in LaLiga this season – the most of any team in the top five leagues of Europe.

This was the first time Ancelotti had faced Leganes in LaLiga, and he has now defeated all 28 different opponents he has faced in the competition.

0' The match is about to start!

5' Kylian Mbappé's shot saved by goalkeeper

10' KYLIAN MBAPPÉ scores, but it's OUTSIDE!

14' Highlight of Leganes vs Real Madrid

17' Ref says no pen!

22'Bar! Poor defense from Real Madrid

26' Arda Guler, what an action

28'What a backheel from Vini to Mbappé, but he missed it

33' What a back heel pass with nutmeg, but Mbappé makes a “soft” mistake

35' So why wasn't that a penalty for Vini? It clearly hit his Achilles tendon

40' Vinicius' shot over the crossbar

43' Vini passes the ball to Mbappél! Leganes 0-1 Real Madrid

48' Big mistake by Courtois

52' Mbappé's shot stopped

62' match event for Leganes vs Real Madrid

66' INCREDIBLE free kick from VALVERDE!! Leganes 0-2 Real Madrid

72' match event for Leganes vs Real Madrid

74' Great game from Guler, he was great today

81' Another great chance! Mbappe misses it

83' Modric on, Mbappé off

85' BELLINGHAM celebrates its iconic party again!!! Leganes 0-3 Real Madrid

Setups

Leganes XI: Brasanac, Dmitrovic, Nastasic, R. Tapia, Munir, Sergio Gonzalez, Yvan Neyou, Miguel de la Fuente, Javi Hernández, Juan Cruz, Adrià Altimira

Subs: Haller, Soriano, Saenz, Julián Chicco, Rosier, Dani Raba, Jackson Porozo, Rodriguez, Seydouba Cissé, Roberto López, Diego García, Naim García

Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Rudiger, Ceballos, Mbappé, Valverde, Fran García, Vinicius, Eduardo Camavinga, Jude Bellingham, Arda Güler, Raúl Asencio

Subs: Modric, F Mendy, Vallejo, Brahim, Andriy Lunin, Endrick, Sergio Mestre, Diego Aguado