Mbappe<\/a> away behind Bayern\u2019s high line and delivering one of the passes of the season to the Frenchman in the second half \u2013 drilling the ball on the run first time to him at the back post, as Mbappe volleyed straight at Neuer.<\/p>\nBellingham was superb. Steven Gerrard highlighted his \u201caura\u201d early in the game and it was the sort of chest-out performance that illustrates just what a laughable decision it would be for Thomas Tuchel not to start him at the World Cup. No disrespect to Morgan Rogers, but we\u2019ve not seen him put in a performance half this good in any game, let alone against arguably the best team in world football.<\/p>\n
He was crunching into tackles, blocking goal-bound shots, dribbling out of the press; at one point he barrelled all the way to the edge of the Bayern box having started in his own half with Kimmich quite literally hanging on to him.<\/p>\n
It was also the first game we\u2019ve seen Bellingham, Mbappe and Vinicius Junior really work as a trio after the England international admitted their relationship has been a \u201cdifficult\u201d one in the build-up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s difficult, because I still feel like there\u2019ve been many games where we\u2019ve mixed really well,\u201d Bellingham said in his press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt times, it can be difficult with two naturally left-sided players [Mbapp\u00e9 and Vini].<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can be difficult when we\u2019re all on the same side. Arbeloa\u2019s found a balance with me on the other side a bit more. We\u2019re fluid, we have freedom to move around, at times that can disorganise a bit, but with both of them, you have to trust in their ability\u2026 When things are right, hopefully like tomorrow. I\u2019ve seen it before.\u201d<\/p>\n
The third goal will have been what all Madristas and football fans in general will have dreamed of when Florentino Perez brought the square pegs together.<\/p>\n
Bellingham drifted a brilliant pass under pressure out to the left wing for Vinicius, who dribbled inside Jonathan Tah and found a pass for Mbappe after the striker had shown terrifying pace to breeze past Upamecano and slot past Neuer.<\/p>\n
It was a devastating BVM goal but one ultimately in vain as Eduardo Camavinga helped to expose Mbappe as an 85-goal fraud with two yellow cards in 24 minutes.<\/p>\n
The first was described as a \u201cgreat yellow card\u201d by Owen Hargreaves in the studio after the game as he stopped a Bayern counter-attack but the second was as amateurish as the first was professional as he delayed a restart.<\/p>\n
Not in such an obvious way that the referee had no option but to caution him \u2013 he dribbled the ball a bit and then picked it up \u2013 and we\u2019re almost certain Slavko Vincic wouldn\u2019t have sent him off had he remembered he was already in his book.<\/p>\n
The Bayern players had to remind the referee to incur the wrath of the Real Madrid players in that moment and\u00a0nine minutes later when their Champions League exit was confirmed after stunning goals from Luis Diaz and Michael Olise.<\/p>\n
It means Madrid will almost certainly go two seasons without a trophy for the first time in 16 years; the two seasons where Mbappe has been the focal point of their attack; two seasons which could see former club Paris Saint-Germain win two Champions League trophies.<\/p>\n
There are mitigating factors, of course. Barcelona have improved. PSG\u2019s Luis Enrique project has blossomed. But we must at the very least be open to the idea that Mbappe leaving one club to spark an improvement and joining another to trigger a downfall isn\u2019t a mere coincidence.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s a Jonah. An irresistible, world class Jonah, but a Jonah all the same.<\/p>\n
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