Mbappé opens his La Liga account and leads Real Madrid past Real Betis

Kylian Mbappé put his early La Liga struggles behind him on Sunday, scoring twice to lead real Madrid towards a 2-0 victory against Real Betis.

Although the Frenchman scored his first goal for Los Blancos in the club's UEFA Super Cup win over Atalanta, things have not gone to plan domestically so far.

With no goals to his name and Real Madrid having won just one of their first three games, the pressure was on ahead of Sunday's game at the Bernabeu.

It increased after a first half in which Madrid controlled the debates, but could not break Manuel Pellegrini's team.

Right after reboot it was Vinicius who was close to opening the scoring, but his attempt hit the post. Mbappe he even managed to fire the rebound over the bar despite a gaping net, although his blushes were spared as the offside flag was raised.

Mbappé breaks through

Finally, the breakthrough came for Madrid in the 67th minute thanks to Mbappe. The Frenchman recovered a superb pass from Frederic Valverde, kept his head with no defenders around him and scored Rui Silva to the great delight of local supporters.

He added a second eight minutes later, this time from the penalty spot. Vinicius was brought down in the penalty area, and after the referee Javier Alberola He was initially asked to continue play but was then called back by VAR to review the situation.

He then pointed to the place, with Mbappe Real Madrid scored a confident goal and took the lead. The three points moved Real into second place with eight points, four points behind rivals Barcelona.