Kylian Mbappe revealed that he often received advice from Cristiano Ronaldo while expressing his pride in equaling the number of goals that the Portuguese succeeded in his first season in Real Madrid.
MBAPPE put a splint in a splint when Madrid kept pressure on the leaders of Laliga Barcelona with a 3-2 victory against Leganese on Saturday evening.
He opened the scoring with a daring penalty from Panenka before winning the winner with his first free kick in professional football.
The second goal made 33 in 44 appearances all competitions this season, seeing it reaching a notable step.
33 is the number of goals that Ronaldo succeeded in his first campaign in the Bernabeu, although he did it in just 35 games due to an ankle injury which saw him miss the best part of two months.
Speaking after the match that saw a level of draw on points with Barcelona, Mbappe told Real Madrid TV: “It’s very special … to have the same number of goals as Cristiano is still good.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice on Saturday to reach 33 goals in all competitions this season
Mbappe equaled the first total of goals of the season of Cristiano Ronaldo and said that he helped him
Ronaldo succeeded 33 goals in his first season at Bernabeu but fought with an injury
“We know what he means for Real Madrid and I, we are talking about, he gives me a lot of advice, he has marked many goals – but we have to win trophies here.
Mbappe received a lot of criticism after a slow start of the season, but has silenced his skeptics with his performances since the start of the year.
The Frenchman scored 16 goals in his last 16 championship games and now there is only one player in the history of the club who marked more times in his first season.
Ivan Zamorano achieved 37 goals in 45 appearances when he joined the club in 1992 and you should imagine that only the injury can prevent Mbappe from breaking his record.