European football: Mbappé off the mark as Real beat Betis; Kane scores in Freiburg win
Former PSG attacker scores twice in 2-0 win
England captain converts penalty for Bayern
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Sun 1 Sep 2024 23.05 BST
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Kylian Mbappé opened his La Liga account at the fo
urth time of asking with a double to fire Real Madrid to a 2-0 home win over Real Betis.
Mbappé had failed to score in Madrid’s opening three league fixtures, which resulted in the champions dropping points at Mallorca and Las Palmas.
It was a different story on Sunday, with a sumptuous Federico Valverde flick setting up Mbappé to power home in the 67th minute, and he made it 2-0 eight minutes later from the penalty spot to clinch all three points at Santiago Bernabéu.
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