Kylian Mbappé after 50th Real Madrid goal: I do what Xabi wants - ESPN

Kylian Mbappé said he's happy to follow coach Xabi Alonso's instructions — and work hard off the ball — to «help the team win trophies» after scoring twice in Real Madrid's 2-1 comeback Champions League win against Marseille on Tuesday.

United States men's national team winger Timothy Weah put the visitors ahead in the 22nd minute at the Santiago Bernabéu, before Mbappé converted a penalty seven minutes later to level the score at 1-1.

Substitute Dani Carvajal — who replaced the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold after just five minutes — was sent off for a head-butt on goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli in the second half, before Mbappé scored another penalty late on to make it 50 goals in 64 Madrid appearances.

«I feel really good. I don't think about being one of the team's leaders, I think about being myself, Kylian, I think about the team,» Mbappé told Movistar. «Xabi wants us to win the ball back more quickly. We have to understand what we do, and then we're determined to do it, because we want to win.

»I do what the boss asks me to do. He wants a high block, to win the ball high up, and then we can create chances. We'll get used to it and it will help the team win trophies.… I want to help the team, if it's scoring goals, pressing or assists."

Mbappé has already scored six goals this season, with four in LaLiga and now two in the Champions League.

«He has an incredible impact,» Alonso said. «The team found some Champions League spirit at the Bernabéu.… The sending off [of Carvajal] was avoidable, it's a shame, we'll have to talk about it.»

— Trent exit with injury during Madrid's UCL opener;
— Mbappé fires Madrid past Marseille
— Champions League: a reminder of how the new format works

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