MADRID ¨C Kylian Mbappe equaled Cristiano Ronaldo¡¯s club record of 59 goals in a calendar year for Real Madrid with a late penalty in his side¡¯s 2-0 home win over Sevilla in LaLiga on Saturday, with the French forward celebrating his 27th birthday in style.
Mbappe missed several earlier chances before getting his opportunity from the spot four minutes from ?time and he made no mistake to net his 59th goal in as many games across all competitions ?in 2025 ?to match Ronaldo¡¯s 2013 haul.
¡°Today, and because of the record, it¡¯s incredible, in my ?first year to be able to do what Cristiano did,¡± Mbappe told RMTV.
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