Kylian Mbappé equals Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid record with MOTM display vs Leganés | OneFootball

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé has on Saturday evening secured for himself an altogether noteworthy piece of recent club history.

This comes owing to the Frenchman’s efforts in Real’s latest outing.

Los Blancos of course marked their return to action a short time ago, playing host to Leganés in the club’s first outing post-international break.

And, despite a couple of scares along the way, when all was said and done, Carlo Ancelotti’s troops emerged triumphant.

En route to an eventual 3-2 victory, the aforementioned Kylian Mbappé stole the headlines, courtesy of a superb brace.

After first dinking home a panenka penalty during the first-half, the former Paris Saint-Germain standout followed up with the game’s decisive moment 15 minutes from time.

Breaking his long-standing free-kick drought, Mbappé found the net from the edge of the visitors’ penalty area, to keep Real Madrid’s La Liga title pursuit alive and kicking.

And as alluded to above, in the process, the 26-year-old made history.

Mbappé, it has been revealed, has now managed the same number of goals in his debut Blancos season as were racked up by the club’s all-time top-scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo (33).

Conor Laird – GSFN