Real Madrid looked dull in their draw against hosts Las Palmas, and what made the situation even darker was the continued failure of French star Kylian Mbappe to score and make a difference.
The men of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti appeared weak and lacked accuracy, and fell into the trap of a draw for the second time in 3 matches, after they had settled for a draw with the same result against Real Mallorca in the opening match and a 3-0 victory over Valladolid in the second stage.
Once again, the new arrival from Paris Saint-Germain, the striker, has been moving a lot, but without finding the net in the league. He still has to wait to open his account, amid criticism from the Spanish press for not scoring.
Mbappe scored his first goal for Real Madrid against Atalanta 2-0 in the European Super Cup.
The numbers show that Mbappe has the most shots in the top five leagues with 17, but he has the worst expected goal difference of 1.8 per game and has yet to score.
The French national team captain did not create any goal or any opportunity, or provide any key passes during the three matches he played in La Liga, and he also wasted 3 clear chances.
Ancelotti refused to criticise individual players when asked about Kylian Mbappe, who joined Real Madrid in July but has yet to score in the league.
“Our game is slow. There is not much movement and the strikers receive the ball under pressure from the opposing teams. When we lose the ball, we leave a lot of space between our lines. I don’t think it is a mental problem because the team trains well. Sometimes you don’t find the best way to play. Things don’t go well and we have to fix it soon,” he said.
In turn, the Spanish sports journalist and Real Madrid fan, Tomas Roncero, criticized Mbappe and asked him to “liberate himself”, saying, “Enjoy life, man, go down to Gran Via (a famous street in Madrid), like Bellingham did, and meet people.”
Mbappe returns with “Los Blancos” to the “Bernabeu” in a difficult and risky confrontation against the renewed Real Betis, which qualified for the group stage of the European Conference League and has not lost this season in La Liga.
