Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid cruised to a 5-0 victory against Kairat Almaty in the Champions League.
The Frenchman’s first-half penalty was followed by two more strikes in the second period, while substitutes Eduardo Camavinga and Brahim Diaz also got on the scoresheet as Los Blancos continued their perfect start to the European campaign.
Kairat threatened to take a shock lead after just nine seconds at the Ortalyq Stadion, with Dastan Satpaev’s header going straight at Thibaut Courtois before Jorginho and Luis Mata failed to hit the target with their efforts in the opening seven minutes.
However, Madrid found their feet and took the lead just shortly before the half-hour mark. Franco Mastantuono was brought down in the box by goalkeeper Sherkhan Kalmurza, and Mbappe made no mistake from the penalty spot.
The 26-year-old doubled his tally six minutes into the second half, running onto a long ball from Courtois before lobbing the ball over Kalmurza. And he secured the match ball with an impressive finish into the bottom-right corner from the edge of the box.
Camavinga managed to flick Rodrygo’s cross past the goalkeeper at the near post to make it 4-0, before Diaz fired home in the third minute of additional time to complete a successful trip for Xabi Alonso’s side.
Despite their shaky start, Madrid went on to produce 3.32 expected goals (xG) from 12 attempts on target to Kairat’s 0.36 from four shots on goal.
Mbappe has scored his fourth Champions League hat-trick, three of which have come in away games – the joint-most hat-tricks scored away from home in the competition’s history, along with Filippo Inzaghi.
Courtois, meanwhile, became the second Madrid goalkeeper to assist a goal in the history of the Champions League, after Santiago Canizares against Olympiakos in October 1997.
Match Events
0′ The match is about to start!
1′ A snap shot by Jorginho from distance flies well wide of the right post
10′ Mbappe races towards goal but the defender gets back well to make a challenge
13′ Vini Jr picks up a pass from Mbappe but his shot flashes inches wide
17′ Guler controls the pass and shoots but it’s blocked
20′ Mbappe curls the ball to the far corner but Kalmyrza pulls off an exquisite save
27′ Guler threads a pass into the box for Mbappe, but Kalmyrza saves the ball
31′ Guler tries his luck from outside the box but his effort is denied
40′ A run and shot from the edge of the box by Vini Jr is saved by the keeper
44′ Mbappe beats an opponent inside the box but his effort flies just wide
58′ Mbappe misses a golden chance to wear a hat-trick!
68′ Kairat Almaty’s player is down in the box but NO PENALTY after a VAR check
Line-ups
Kairat Almaty XI: Aleksandr Martynovich, Erkin Tapalov, Luís Mata, Egor Sorokin, Valeriy Gromyko, Ofri Arad, Jorginho, Damir Kasabulat, Aleksandr Mrynskiy, Dastan Satpaev, Sherkhan Kalmurza
Subs: Giorgi Zaria, Edmilson, Jug Stanojev, Aleksandr Shirobokov, Ricardinho, Adilet Sadybekov, Lev Kurgin, Olzhas Baybek, Bakhtiyar Aldashev, Dias Reimov
Real Madrid XI: Alaba, Courtois, Ceballos, Mbappe, Fran García, Tchouameni, Vinicius, Güler, Raúl Asencio, Dean Huijsen, Franco Mastantuono
Subs: Valverde, Brahim, Lunin, Rodrygo, Camavinga, Bellingham, Álvaro Carreras, David Jiménez, Gonzalo García, Endrick, Javi Navarro
