Kylian Mbappe scored twice in a comeback victory for Real Madrid at Villarreal. Juan Foyth opened the scoring for the hosts but two Mbappe strikes in six first-half minutes earned the points for Madrid.
Villarreal remain fifth in La Liga, five points off the Champions League qualification places after back-to-back league defeats.
They started the stronger, with top scorer Ayoze Perez twice denied by Thibaut Courtois in the opening seven minutes.
After Courtois tipped a low curling Perez effort behind, Villarreal scored from the resulting corner when captain Foyth slammed home amid a goalmouth scramble.
This sparked Madrid and Mbappe into life and they equalised 10 minutes later.
Mbappe played a through ball to Brahim Diaz and, when his shot was saved by Diego Conde, the Frenchman was on hand to score the rebound.
After netting, Mbappe ran straight back to the centre-circle without celebrating. He meant business and showed it again on 23 minutes.
Following a cutback from the byline, Mbappe was given too much space on the edge of the Villarreal box and used it to curl a shot unstoppably past Conde.
Credit: bbc.com
The post Real Madrid score twice in comeback victory at Villarreal appeared first on The Ghanaian Chronicle.
Read Full Story
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS