Mbappé brace gives Real Madrid 2-1 win over Barcelona

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou on October 25, as Kylian Mbappé scored twice to end the hosts’ nine-match winning start in La Liga and move Madrid within three points of the league leaders. Mbappé opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Barcelona captain Raphinha equalised in the 61st, but Mbappé settled the match with an 87th-minute goal after a counterattack involving Jude Bellingham and substitute Eduardo Camavinga. The result left Barcelona on 27 points after 10 matches and Real Madrid on 24. Atlético Madrid, between them in the standings, had 25 points. The defeat was Barcelona’s first in the league this season and ended a run of nine consecutive league victories. Real’s win also halted Barcelona’s bid to extend its best start to a Spanish top-flight season, a record the reports associate with Real Madrid’s nine straight wins in 1968-69. Mbappé’s brace brought his Real Madrid tally to 100 goals in all competitions. The club’s reported breakdown includes 67 in La Liga, 25 in the Champions League, four in the Copa del Rey, two in the FIFA Club World Cup, and one each in the UEFA Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup. Some reports said he reached the milestone in 116...