Follow-up – WAA
Real Madrid set a historic record during their 4-1 victory over Espanyol at the Merengue’s home stadium, the Santiago Bernabeu, in the sixth round of La Liga..
Real Madrid scored through Dani Carvajal, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe in the 58th, 75th, 78th and 90th minutes, while Espanyol’s only goal was scored by Thibaut Courtois as an own goal..
Mbappe scored Real Madrid’s fourth goal from a penalty kick.
According to Opta statistics network, Real Madrid became the first team to score 5 goals from penalty kicks after its first 6 matches in a Spanish league season in the entire 21st century..
With this victory, Real Madrid raised its score to 14 points, in second place in the La Liga standings, one point behind leaders Barcelona, while Espanyol’s score froze at 7 points in thirteenth place.