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Kylian Mbappe equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's grounds of 59 goals successful a calendar twelvemonth for Real Madrid with a precocious punishment in his side's 2-0 location triumph implicit Sevilla successful LaLiga connected Saturday, with the French guardant celebrating his 27th day successful style.
Mbappe missed respective earlier chances earlier getting his accidental from the spot 4 minutes from clip and helium made nary mistake to nett his 59th extremity successful arsenic galore games crossed each competitions successful 2025 to level Ronaldo's 2013 haul.
Jude Bellingham enactment Real successful beforehand successful the opening fractional and Sevilla went down to 10 men with 22 minutes remaining aft Marcao received a 2nd booking but the hosts had keeper Thibaut Courtois to convey for keeping them ahead.
Real are 2nd successful the LaLiga standings connected 42 points, 1 down Barcelona who are distant to third-placed Villarreal connected Sunday portion Sevilla are ninth connected 20 points.
Xabi Alonso's broadside were looking to extremity the twelvemonth connected a precocious enactment aft losing top spot successful November with 3 consecutive draws and they saw retired 2025 with 3 successive wins successful each competitions, but it was acold from a straightforward success.
Sevilla created plentifulness of problems aboriginal on, with Isaac Romero chipping a changeable narrowly wide erstwhile sent done connected goal, bringing whistles from the location assemblage with Real nether pressure.
Mbappe sent a drawback changeable wide, arsenic the hosts struggled to find a clear-cut accidental and Sevilla's Lucien Agoume enactment different onslaught wide for the visitors earlier Real went successful beforehand 7 minutes earlier the break.
Rodrygo enactment a escaped footwear into the container and Bellingham roseate to powerfulness a header into the acold country to settee Real's nerves astatine the break.
Mbappe sent an effort consecutive astatine the keeper and dragged different changeable wide, portion astatine the different extremity Courtois doubly denied Alexis Sanchez and Romero with Real each excessively casual to unfastened up astatine the back.
From a corner, Mbappe deed the crossbar with a header and aft Marcao's sending-off Rodrygo struck a beauteous shot connected the crook but Sevilla keeper Odysseas Vlachodimos touched it onto the bar.
Real were hanging connected for the triumph with Mbappe inactive labouring to find the nett erstwhile Juanlu Sanchez fouled Rodrygo successful the container and the day lad stepped up to people earlier pulling retired Ronaldo's celebration.
Mbappe thought helium had been talented the cleanable accidental to people again erstwhile the referee pointed to the spot 2 minutes later, but the authoritative changed his caput aft a VAR cheque and the Frenchman had to settee for a stock of the record.
