Mbappe, Real Madrid crush Valencia to tighten grip on La Liga standings

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Kylian Mbappe’s first-half brace against Valencia helped Real Madrid unfastened up a seven-point pb connected the La Liga ladder.

Published On 2 Nov 2025

Kylian Mbappe netted doubly arsenic Real Madrid eased to a 4-0 triumph implicit struggling Valencia connected Saturday, with Jude Bellingham and Alvaro Carreras besides scoring to assistance the La Liga leaders assertion their 13th triumph from 14 matches successful each competitions this season.

The triumph extended Real’s commanding pb astatine the apical of the standings to 30 points, putting them 7 points wide of second-placed Villarreal and 8 up of third-placed Barcelona, who beryllium level with Atletico Madrid connected 22 points but person a crippled successful hand.

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Valencia, 18th successful La Liga with 9 points, person failed to triumph immoderate of their past six league matches and are already successful a combat to debar relegation.

Mbappe gave the location broadside a two-goal pb with goals successful the 19th and 31st minutes, archetypal converting a punishment that was awarded for a handball by Cesar Tarrega and, 12 minutes later, firing location a volley from adjacent range.

In the 44th minute, close aft Valencia keeper Julen Agirrezabala denied Vinicius Jr from the punishment spot, Bellingham struck a sublime debased changeable from the borderline of the container into the bottommost country to marque it 3-0, portion Carreras unleashed an unstoppable angled changeable successful the 82nd to wrapper up the thrashing.

Real took power from the start, with Mbappe and Federico Valverde narrowly missing aboriginal chances, portion Vinicius Jr and Bellingham had almighty efforts denied by Agirrezabala.

The breakthrough came successful the 19th minute, erstwhile a VAR reappraisal confirmed a handball by Tarrega, allowing Mbappe to measurement up and calmly person the resulting penalty.

Twelve minutes later, Mbappe doubled his tally, finishing a well-worked determination with a close-range volley. Bellingham played a cleanable done shot to Arda Guler, who delivered a pinpoint transverse to the Frenchman astatine the acold post.

Mbappe has present scored 13 goals successful 11 La Liga matches this play and 18 goals successful each competitions.

“Mbappe is spectacular. We person to bask him. May helium proceed scoring for Madrid, for himself, for his history. He inactive has a batch near to achieve, and I person nary uncertainty helium will. He is 1 of the champion successful the world,” Valverde told Real Madrid TV.

Real eased disconnected successful the 2nd half, conserving vigor up of their upcoming Champions League clash with Liverpool connected Tuesday.