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Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 away win against the Champions League debutants Kairat Almaty on Tuesday.
Xabi Alonso’s side bounced back in style from their humbling 5-2 La Liga defeat by Atlético Madrid on Saturday, with Mbappé taking his Champions League tally to five goals in two European games this season.
Kairat began brightly and created a couple of half-chances. Real Madrid gradually asserted control, though, and the breakthrough arrived when Franco Mastantu was fouled by the 18-year-old goalkeeper Sherhan Kalmurza, and Mbappé rifled home the resulting penalty.
Mbappé doubled their advantage after half-time with a moment of brilliance. From Thibaut Courtois’s kick downfield, Mbappé outpaced Kairat’s defence and chipped the advancing Kalmurza. The forward sealed his hat-trick in the 73rd minute, unleashing a thunderous strike from the edge of the box into the top corner following a dazzling run by Rodrygo. The Brazilian then set up Eduardo Camavinga to head home before Brahim Díaz completed the rout in stoppage time with a close-range finish.
“We must never forget [what happened on Saturday],” Mbappé told Movistar Plus. “We have to keep thinking about what happened last weekend so we can learn from our mistakes and work to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
“My job is to help the team and I only think about doing what I can to help the team win matches and trophies. A player like me, when he has five chances, wants and has to score all five. That’s why Real Madrid bought me and I always want more. Three [goals] was very good, but I could have scored more.”
Atalanta came from behind to beat Club Brugge 2-1 at home in the other early kick-off on Tuesday, with Mario Pasalic scoring the winner after earning the penalty that led to the hosts’ equaliser.
Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane scored twice in their 5-1 demolition of the hosts Pafos in the Champions League to continue his prolific scoring run this season. Kane put the visitors in front after 15 minutes, drilling in from close range, and after the half-hour scored his second – his fourth Champions League goal of the season.
Raphaël Guerreiro had made it 2-0 in the 21st minute following a one-two with the on-loan Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson, who turned scorer 10 minutes later when picking up a Michael Olise pass and drilling in Bayern’s third. Mislav Orsic’s fierce, swerving shot beat Manuel Neuer to cut the deficit for the debutants, but Bayern finished off the scoring through Olise.
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Inter had little trouble sealing a 3-0 home victory against Slavia Prague in their evening kick-off, led by a Lautaro Martínez double and a goal from Denzel Dumfries. Cristian Chivu’s side have now won two out of two in the league phase.
Antoine Griezmann scored his 200th goal for Atlético Madrid as they secured their first Champions League win of the season with a 5-1 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt, Julián Alvarez scoring and getting two assists in a dominant display.
Despite playing without their suspended manager, Diego Simeone, after his red card in their opening defeat at Liverpool, Atlético took charge from the start, buoyed by a fervent home crowd still basking in their weekend derby triumph.
Igor Paixão’s early double and goals from Mason Greenwood and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang secured Marseille a 4-0 home win against Ajax. The Brazilian winger needed six minutes to open his account for club, before doubling his tally six minutes later. Greenwood added a third before half-time, and Aubameyang rounded off the scoring in the second half, benefiting from Paixao’s assist.
