Kylian Mbappé ended his goal drought and England’s Jude Bellingham scored too as Real Madrid thrashed Leganés 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday.
Leganés’ defence kept Real at bay in the first half but the visitors took the lead three minutes before the break when Vinícius Jr teed up Mbappé, who slotted home for seventh league goal this season. Real enjoyed most of the possession in the second half and the Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde scored with a powerful low free-kick after Bellingham had been fouled at the 66th minute.
The England international secured the victory with a header into an open net five minutes from time after the ball had rebounded off the crossbar. With a game in hand, Real are second in the standings on 30 points, four behind Barcelona, who drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo on Saturday.
In Serie A, Napoli edged out Roma 1-0 at home, with Romelu Lukaku’s second-half goal securing all three points and top spot in the table. It took 54 minutes for Napoli to break the deadlock, with Lukaku sliding in to meet Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s low cross from close range and score against the team he played for last season.
Napoli have 29 points after 13 matches, one point ahead of Atalanta, Inter, Fiorentina and Lazio, who occupy second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.
“When we arrive at the stadium, we can feel the way the fans push us on. We won today and we are happy,” Lukaku told Sky Sport Italia. “I just want to do well for the team. We have a process that we need to go through, we knew it would be tough because the other sides won, but we got the result we wanted.”
Napoli had an early chance to take the lead, but Khvicha Kvaratskhelia failed to convert, sending a free header wide after being left unmarked at the back post. The Roma goalkeeper, Mile Svilar, was kept busy, making several crucial saves, including a strong stop from Scott McTominay’s angled attempt.
Roma woke up after Lukaku’s goal, with Artem Dovbyk powering a header off the woodwork from a free kick minutes later, but they couldn’t find an equaliser. Napoli could have added another goal in the final seconds of the match when David Neres sent a curling shot from the edge of the box just wide.
Fiorentina extended their winning streak to seven Serie A matches earlier on Sunday, a feat they hadn’t achieved since April 1960, with a 2-0 victory at Como, courtesy of goals from Yacine Adli and Moise Kean. David De Gea played a crucial role for Fiorentina, making an incredible triple save to deny the hosts around the hour mark.
Lazio secured a 3-0 home win over 10-man Bologna after the visitors’ Tommaso Pobega was sent off just before the break. Samuel Gigot, Mattia Zaccagni and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru all scored in the second half to secure Lazio their seventh consecutive victory in all competitions.
Nantes fans attempted to invade the pitch in the final minutes of their 2-0 home loss to Le Havre in Ligue 1, causing the match to be interrupted. In stoppage time, disgruntled Nantes fans attempted to storm the field of play and threw projectiles, but were stopped by riot police.
Over half-an-hour later and after the fans were mostly cleared from the stands, the final minutes of the match were played. Josué Casimir opened the scoring for Le Havre in the third minute, with Steve Ngoura doubling their lead in the 74th to secure all three points. Nantes are on a four-game losing streak and sit 16th after 12 games, a relegation playoff spot.
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