US EditionMilitao and Mbappe Strike as Real Madrid Maintain Perfect Start
Éder Militão and Kylian Mbappé scored impressive long-range goals, helping Real Madrid maintain a perfect start with five wins and extend their lead in La Liga.
- Real Madrid secured a 2-0 win over Espanyol in their home match on Saturday, continuing their perfect run to start the 2025-26 LaLiga campaign.
- Espanyol arrived unbeaten with three wins from four matches, marking their best LaLiga start since 1995-96 but struggled to create scoring chances.
- Eder Militao put Real Madrid ahead in the 22nd minute with a powerful right-footed shot from almost 30 yards, and Kylian Mbappe added a second goal from around 25 yards early in the second half.
- Mbappe leads Europe's top five leagues in 2025 with 37 goals, including six from outside the box, and helped maintain Real Madrid’s 100% record after their Champions League win.
- The victory placed Real Madrid five points clear atop LaLiga, with Jude Bellingham making his first appearance this season after summer shoulder surgery.
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Real Madrid continue their unblemished run in La Liga this season. The Spanish capital club are now on a five-game winning streak after a convincing 2-0 win in the top-flight clash against Espanyol,...
Real Madrid sets a perfect start to the season: five games, five victories. Against Espanyol Barcelona, everything goes its regular course after a 35 meter can opener.
Real Madrid won the fifth win in many other games and went through 15 points, against 10 of the FC Barcelona campaign, as classified.
Sientos zambombazos from outside the area, in charge of Militao and Mbappé, resolved a thick match in which the Espanyol duly recited his well learned lesson of orderly and attentive team, but fell in front of these two unforeseen. His well-closed defense drowned Gonzalo, who went out from the center front, and closed the bands, blocked the entrances to Mbappé and even watched the two accredited suckers from outside, Tchouameni and Valverde. But…
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