Real Madrid closed the gap on Barcelona as Kylian Mbappe scored in their 3-0 win at Leganes on Sunday night at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, Afrosport reports.
Mbappe, who started in his favored left-wing position, opened the scoring with his seventh league goal of the season on the stroke of half-time, having had an early goal ruled out for offside.
Federico Valverde, captaining Madrid for the first time and playing at right-back, doubled the lead in the 66th minute with a powerful strike from a free-kick that snuck past Marko Dmitrovic at the near post.
Jude Bellingham netted his second goal of the season in the 85th minute after Brahim Diaz’s deflected shot hit the crossbar.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team took advantage of FC Barcelona’s last two slip-ups and closed the gap in the league table, having 30 points, just four behind the Catalans with a game in hand.
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At the Estadio El Sadar, Osasuna boss Vicente Moreno was gifted the best possible start against Villarreal in a 2-2 draw, having served a two-match suspension.
Ante Budimir opened the scoring after just eight minutes and doubled the lead in the 20th minute for the Los Rojillos before a second-half goal from Alex Baena and a dramatic 93rd-minute penalty by Gerard Moreno extended Villarreal’s unbeaten run to five matches across all competitions.
Elsewhere, Djibril Sow’s 27th-minute goal helped Sevilla to a 1-0 victory over 10-man Rayo Vallecano at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.
Meanwhile, Sunday’s other game, Basque derbies, saw Athletic Club claim a crucial 1-0 win over Real Sociedad at San Mamés.
