Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was delighted with Kylian Mbappe’s first hat-trick for the club, who beat bottom side Real Valladolid 3-0 on Saturday to extend their lead to four points. head of La Liga.
Ancelotti said he was delighted with the inspired form of the French striker, who has scored eight goals in the last five matches in all competitions, and who has finally returned to his former form, giving the Real even more firepower in an already busy attack.
“He’s been hitting his stride for a few months and today, for the first time, he scored a hat-trick for us. Obviously, he’s a plus for our team, he’s a high quality player“, said Ancelotti in a press conference after the 3-0 victory of Real.
“He is a high quality player“, underlined Ancelotti at a press conference.
“Little by little, we got into a good rhythm, we got into a good dynamic and that’s nice to see. As I said, we are improving in the aspects that weakened us in previous matches. And we have to keep trying to improve and fix some of the problems that we still have“.
-The Real is at the top of the ranking with 49 points, ahead l’Atlético de Madridsecond, who fell further after the 1-1 draw against Villarreal.
It is followed by the FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbaowho are tied with 39 points, but who both have a game in hand, and by Villarreal.
Ancelotti did not seem perturbed by the advance of the Realbut he said there was still a long way to go to defend the title.
“It is true that we have a little balance and that we must not get carried away. Ne’ve done some good things in the league recently, we have a good lead in the lead, but it’s too early to think it’s over. We have a small gap and I hope we can make the most of it in the next matches.”
