Kylian Mbappé had the mask when leaving the lawn of the Montjuic Olympic stadium. Consequence of the new defeat conceded in front of the Rivals of Barça. Real Madrid may have two goals after less than a quarter of an hour, it was the Blaugrana who won 4-3, ruining the last hopes of the Merengue title, now distant of seven points at the head of the Liga.
However, the Frenchman has not lost everything on Sunday. The former Monegasque has indeed split a hat -trick against Barça. What allow him to offer the record for the number of goals scored by a player in his first season at Real Madrid and to seize first place in the Liga scorer classification.
With now 27 goals on the clock, Le Bondynois, which ends the season in Canon ball, has indeed doubled Robert Lewandowski, which remained on the bench against Real Madrid. Three days before the end, Kylian Mbappé now has two goals in advance on the Polish and can therefore hope to win the title of Pichichi. Very rare performance.
Kylian Mbappé as Michel Platini?
If it succeeds, Kylian Mbappé would only be the second French to finish best scorer of the Liga after Karim Benzem, Pichichi in 2022 with 27 goals. Only four other French people have also managed to finish best scorer in one of the other major championships: Michel Platini and David Trezeguet en Serie A, the former Juventus playmaker chaining three titles from Capocannoniere in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka in England, the former Gunner of the Gunners carrying out this feat.
And the performance of Kylian Mbappé would be all the more impressive since he was playing his first season in Liga. Previously, only Michel Platini had experienced such significant beginnings with Juventus. Landed in the summer of 1982 in Italy, he finished best serial marker A with 16 goals.
