Mbappe leads Real Madrid to narrow Osasuna win in La Liga

Real Madrid unfastened their La Liga play with a nervy 1-0 location triumph against Osasuna astatine Santiago Bernabeu.

Kylian Mbappe struck from the punishment spot arsenic Real Madrid beat a dogged Osasuna 1-0 to marque a winning commencement successful La Liga nether caller manager Xabi Alonso.

The French striker, past season’s European Golden Shoe winner, scored aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional connected Tuesday aft helium was fouled successful the country by Osasuna defender Juan Cruz.

It was capable to seal the points successful Alonso’s archetypal crippled successful complaint astatine the Santiago Bernabeu, with Madrid present unbeaten successful their opening fixture of a league run since 2008.

Trent Alexander-Arnold made his La Liga debut aft his determination from Liverpool, with erstwhile Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen and left-back Alvaro Carreras, the different summertime arrivals included successful the starting lineup.

Madrid, though, were without England midfielder Jude Bellingham, who is expected to beryllium sidelined until October arsenic helium recovers from an cognition to lick a recurrent enarthrosis issue.

Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid scores his team’s winning extremity [Angel Martinez/Getty Images]

Madrid are looking to crook the leafage connected a disappointing extremity to the Carlo Ancelotti epoch aft relinquishing some their home and European crowns past season.

Alonso’s broadside had to amusement patience against an Osasuna squad that finished ninth past term, with the hosts mostly restricted to long-range efforts from centre-backs Huijsen and Eder Militao successful the archetypal half.

Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera was adjacent to both, portion Mbappe failed to link cleanly aft being picked retired by Vinicius Junior earlier helium curled different changeable wide arsenic Madrid struggled to interruption down their opponents.

But Mbappe grabbed the lone extremity six minutes aft half-time, aft helium went down pursuing a clumsy situation by Cruz arsenic helium tried to chopped past the defender.

Mbappe, who was La Liga’s apical scorer, with 31 goals successful his archetypal play successful Spain, got up and moving for the caller run arsenic helium sent Herrera the incorrect mode from the spot.

Alonso handed 18-year-old Argentinian winger Franco Mastantuono his debut midway done the 2nd half, arsenic Madrid controlled the crippled and seldom looked troubled.

Ante Budimir headed implicit successful a uncommon accidental for Osasuna, and Mastantuono was denied precocious connected by Herrera.

Osasuna finished the lucifer with 10 men, with Abel Bretones sent disconnected successful stoppage clip for throwing an limb to artifact the tally of Gonzalo Garcia.

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