While Real Madrid have a meeting this Tuesday evening on the Liverpool pitch, Xabi Alonso confirmed his preference for the French world champion.
Real Madrid did not provide details on Saturday against Valencia. A week after its capital success against FC Barcelona, the Merengue club won 4-0, helped by Kylian Mbappé’s double scored in the first period.
And the French striker, more than ever top scorer in La Liga with already 13 goals in 11 matches, could have scored his first hat-trick of the season. After opening the score from a penalty in the 19the then doubled the lead shortly after the half-hour mark on a serve from Arda Güler, the former Parisian had the opportunity to triple the lead with a new penalty.
Kylian Mbappé missed his attempt against Barça
But Kylian Mbappé preferred to step aside in favor of Vinicius who saw his attempt stopped by Julen Agirrezabala. However, Xabi Alonso was clear on Monday during the pre-match press conference, on the eve of the clash against Liverpool: Kylian Mbappé is the first penalty taker at Real Madrid.
“We are the ones who point out the shooter, it’s Kylian. Then they make decisions. For tomorrow, the first shooter will be Mbappé »he announced.
The previous week, Kylian Mbappé had also missed a penalty during the Clasico, his shot having been saved by the firm hand of Wojciech Szczesny.
