Kylian Mbappé speaks out as Cristiano Ronaldo benchmark inches closer | OneFootball

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé has provided his take on what it would mean to break the debut goal record notched by Cristiano Ronaldo with the club.

Frontman Mbappé is for his part of course fresh off adding to his season tally to the tune of a brace on Saturday night.

After Real Madrid fell into an early hole in a La Liga trip to Villarreal, the Frenchman took the responsibility for a comeback firmly on his own two shoulders.

As much culminated in a quick-fire first-half double for Mbappé, the 2nd of which proved to be the game’s decisive goal.

All told, the summer arrival in Spain’s capital, despite a somewhat shaky opening to the campaign, has now found the net on 31 occasions across all competitions.

This is just two less than managed by the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo in his maiden season with Real Madrid.

Speaking to the media in the aftermath of Saturday’s action, the possibility of surpassing Ronaldo’s tally, in turn, was put to Mbappé himself.

And the 26-year-old made use of the opportunity to play the significance of any such development down, explaining:

“Two goals away from Cristiano’s debut season? If I score more goals than Cristiano, it doesn’t mean I’m bigger, it’s numbers. The important thing is to win titles.”

Conor Laird – GSFN