In Tuesday night’s 3-2 victory over Manchester City, Kylian Mbappe put Real Madrid back in the game with one of his clumsiest goals to date.
Federico Valverde cut in an appealing cross towards Mbappe on the hour mark as Madrid was behind 1-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match.
When the former Paris Saint-Germain player threw his body into the air and tried to smash a flying volley inside Ederson’s near post, his eyes glowed.
Due to Mbappe’s magnificent miskicked ball, Plan A failed. Ederson was left stranded as the ball hit his shin and looped inside the far post, but it worked out very nicely for the 26-year-old.
Mbappe miskicked the ball spectacularly but it worked out pretty well for the 26-year-old as the ball struck his shin before looping inside the far post, with Ederson stranded
The former England striker was surprised by the goal when Alan Shearer was commentating on the match for Prime Video.
‘He doesn’t get the connection that he’s aiming for at all, because I thought he should have tried to head it,’ Shearer said after the initial watch. However, he hesitated before attempting to hit it with the volley.
‘That’s nowhere near the connection that he wants,’ Shearer continued after watching a replay. However, since the ball ends up in the back of the net, he won’t give a damn.
It strikes his shin. How in the world does that get into the net’s rear end? However, as a forward, you don’t give a damn. It’s not how you do it, but what you’re attempting to accomplish. That’s where it ended up.
Erling Haaland had earlier scored his first goal of his career versus Madrid in the 19th minute, giving City the lead.
On the 80th minute, Haaland scored once more to give City the lead versus Los Blancos.
However, Brahim Diaz scored against his old team just six minutes later, making the score 2-2.
After Vinicius Junior had lobbed fellow Brazilian Ederson, Jude Bellingham curled home from close range to give Madrid the victory in extra time.