{"id":30606,"date":"2025-12-03T18:13:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/real-madrid-triumphs-3-0-over-athletic-club-mbappe-shines-with-a-brace-ending-la-ligas-winless-run\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:13:27","slug":"real-madrid-triumphs-3-0-over-athletic-club-mbappe-shines-with-a-brace-ending-la-ligas-winless-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/real-madrid-triumphs-3-0-over-athletic-club-mbappe-shines-with-a-brace-ending-la-ligas-winless-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Triumphs 3-0 Over Athletic Club: Mbapp\u00e9 Shines with a Brace, Ending La Liga\u2019s Winless Run!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<pre><code>                    &lt;p&gt;Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 netted two goals as Real Madrid secured a 3-0 win against Athletic Club at San Mam\u00e9s, ending their series of winless matches in La Liga.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Under Xabi Alonso, the team had fallen behind Barcelona after three straight draws, but Wednesday&#8217;s triumph brought them within one point of the leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 showcased his skill in the seventh minute by evading Trent Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s cross-field ball, which had been intercepted by Unai Simon before reaching the Spanish goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Thibaut Courtois made key saves to deny both Alex Berenguer and Vinicius Junior before Eduardo Camavinga headed in the opening goal three minutes before half-time, assisted by a brilliant move from Mbapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>As Athletic attempted to rally back, Mikel Jaureguizard tested Courtois with a long-range shot just after the restart.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mbapp\u00e9 struck again just before the final whistle, curling a stunning shot from 25 yards into the bottom right corner, catching Simon off-guard.<\/p>\n<p>Federico Valverde&#8217;s athletic effort was also thwarted by Simon in the closing minutes, but by then, Madrid had already solidified their dominance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HsSP8uT7Gi\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/HsSP8uT7Gi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real Madrid CF (@realmadriden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realmadriden\/status\/1996302256929444073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Data Highlights: Madrid Reaches 100 Wins, Mbapp\u00e9 Shines Again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 was instrumental throughout the match, with all four of his shots on target, significantly surpassing his expected goals (xG) of 0.44.<\/p>\n<p>The French forward now boasts 25 goals in 20 games across all competitions, making him the top scorer in Europe&#8217;s major leagues (excluding the Club World Cup).<\/p>\n<p>This victory marked Madrid&#8217;s 100th win in La Liga against Athletic (P189, W100, D37, L52). Only two teams in history have achieved 100 wins against a single opponent: Madrid against Espanyol (109 wins) and Barcelona against Espanyol (104 wins).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fan Take:<\/strong> This victory is crucial not just for Madrid&#8217;s title aspirations but also for Mbapp\u00e9, who continues to prove himself as a pivotal player. Such performances raise the excitement level in La Liga and could potentially influence the race for both the domestic and European titles as the season progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 netted two goals as Real Madrid secured a 3-0 win against Athletic Club at San Mam\u00e9s, ending their series of winless matches in La Liga.&lt;\/p&gt; Under Xabi Alonso, the team had fallen behind Barcelona after three straight draws, but Wednesday&#8217;s triumph brought them within one point of the leaders. Mbapp\u00e9 showcased his skill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3412,3328,795,40,7497,564,1469,46,452,1560,1157,45,1044,4925],"class_list":{"0":"post-30606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-athletic","9":"tag-brace","10":"tag-club","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-ligas","13":"tag-madrid","14":"tag-mbappe","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-real","17":"tag-run","18":"tag-shines","19":"tag-soccer","20":"tag-triumphs","21":"tag-winless"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}