Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe Penalties Help Real Madrid Beat Real Sociedad

15.09.2024 - 06:10 sports.ndtv.com

Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe both struck from the penalty spot to earn Real Madrid a 2-0 win at Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday.

The Spanish champions moved within a point of leaders Barcelona who face last season's surprise package Girona on Sunday. Real Sociedad hit the woodwork on three occasions before Madrid's second half spot-kicks earned them three points from an end-to-end clash at the Reale Arena.

The Italian was without injured midfielders Jude Bellingham and Aurelien Tchouameni, and benched Rodrygo Goes for Brahim Diaz. "It was a tough game, probably we didn't deserve to win because Real Sociedad played very well...

but we bore it out, we suffered, we were committed in the tough moments of the game and I value that a lot," said Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. "This sacrifice and commitment from a team with such quality, you cannot always find -- and today we found it." After Mbappe netted twice to score his first La Liga goals in his previous outing, all eyes were on the French forward.

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