Kylian Mbappe equals Ronaldo record in Real Madrid win over Sevilla

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Real Madrid prima guardant scores his 59th extremity successful a calendar twelvemonth to adjacent Cristiano Ronaldo’s grounds tally astatine the club.

Published On 21 Dec 2025

Kylian Mbappe has equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s nine grounds of 59 goals successful a calendar twelvemonth for Real Madrid with a precocious punishment successful his side’s 2-0 location triumph implicit Sevilla successful La Liga, 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 connected Saturday, 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.

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“Today, and due to the fact that of the record, it’s incredible, successful my archetypal twelvemonth to beryllium capable to bash what Cristiano did,” Mbappe told RMTV.

“My idol, the ‍best subordinate successful the past of Real Madrid and a notation successful satellite football. It’s an honour for me.”

Jude Bellingham enactment Real successful beforehand successful the opening half, and Sevilla went down to 10 men with 22 minutes remaining aft Marcao received a 2nd booking, but the hosts had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to convey for keeping them ahead.

Real are 2nd successful the La Liga 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 apical 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 chance, and Sevilla’s Lucien Agoume ‌put different onslaught wide for the visitors earlier Real went successful beforehand 7 minutes earlier the break.

Rodrygo enactment a escaped footwear into the box, and Bellingham roseate to powerfulness a header into the acold country to settee Real’s nerves astatine the break.

Mbappe made to wait

Mbappe sent an effort consecutive astatine the keeper and ‌dragged different changeable wide, portion astatine the different end, 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 changeable connected the ⁠turn, 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.

“I wanted to springiness him a small motion due to the fact that helium ‌has ever been affectionate with me,” Mbappe added.

“Normally, I person my ain celebration, but I wanted to stock that with him, and similar I said, he’s been my idol since I was a kid. I person a precise bully narration with him; he’s a person ‍now.”

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 check, and the Frenchman had to settee for a stock of the ‌record.

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