Kylian Mbappé scored twice, the second from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute, as Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in round nine of La Liga.
The first booking of the evening came at 23 minutes, when Sevilla’s Felix Correia and Madrid’s Dean Huijsen were both shown yellow cards. Madrid took the lead seven minutes later. Yan Diomande set up Arda Güler, who scored in the 30th minute.
Madrid doubled the lead in the 37th minute. Jude Bellingham provided the assist and Mbappé finished, which put the hosts 2-0 up before half-time.
Mbappé added his second in the 63rd minute from the penalty spot, making it 3-0. Sevilla’s Juan Antonio Iglesias Sánchez was booked in the 69th minute, and Madrid’s Marc Cucurella was cautioned in the 73rd.
Sevilla got a goal back in the 80th minute. Manuel Bueno Sebastián scored after an assist from Lucas Stassin, cutting the deficit to 3-1.
The response came within two minutes. Diomande, who had set up Güler’s opener, scored himself in the 82nd minute from an Aurelien Tchouameni assist. That restored Madrid’s three-goal lead and settled the final score at 4-1.
Diomande finished with a goal and an assist. Mbappé’s two goals took in one assisted by Bellingham and one from the spot. The match kicked off at 19:00 UTC.
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