Vinicius Jr was back to his brilliant best and Kylian Mbappe bagged a brace as Real Madrid battered Monaco, 6-1, on Tuesday. Vinicius provided three assists, scored a wonderful goal and was a constant menace. Mbappe opened the scoring with two goals of hisown, while an unfortunate own goal from Thilo Kehrer and a smooth strike from Jude Bellingham rounded off a memorable night in Alvaro Arbeloa’s first Champions League game in charge.<\/p>\n
Madrid may not have had the lion’s share of possession, but they were devastating on the break, and Mbappe broke the deadlock with a fine slotted finish from a Federico Valverde pass. The France captain added a second just short of the half-hour mark, this time linking up with Vinicius, whose curled ball fell to the feet of Mbappe for an easy finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madrid put the game to bed early in the second half as Vinicius assisted the third with a quick turn and deft roll of the ball into Franco Mastantuono, who dutifully stroked his effort into the bottom corner. Kehrer’s own goal – off another Vinicius pass – made it four, and the Brazilian continued his fine evening of work to make it five with a powerful strike.<\/p>\n
Madrid weren’t error-free as a silly giveaway in their own box rather gifted a goal to Jordan Teze, but Bellingham rounded off the scoring as he joined Vinicius in bouncing back from being booed by his own fans last time out.<\/p>\n
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