First-half flurry powers Real Madrid past Malaga as Mbappe and Bellingham both score

[p]Having won their last nine home league games against promoted sides, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real[/a] were undeniably fancied to continue their 100% start to the campaign. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malaga/25tIqYiJ/"]Malaga[/a] started brightly, but once the floodgates opened, the hosts were unstoppable, netting three times in 11 minutes.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bellingham-jude/QNvlPm7s/"]Jude Bellingham[/a] needed no help to break the deadlock, seizing upon a loose ball before striding into the box, feinting to shoot, and tucking in from an acute angle with poise.[/b][/p][p][b]The England international was celebrating again soon after, yet this one went down as an own goal after his header was blocked by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/puga-carlos/d0cy0VJH/"]Carlos Puga[/a], only to immediately cannon off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/herrero-alfonso/46MITnQj/"]Alfonso Herrero[/a]’s back.[/b][/p][embed guid="94465e29-1454-4295-b98d-2a003160cf81" url="https://x.com/realmadriden/status/2094089687883235771" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]A low fizzed cross from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexander-arnold-trent/CEVJy6Bc/"]Trent Alexander-Arnold[/a] was then swept in first-time by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Kylian Mbappe[/a] to round off the first-half scoring, all but sealing the result before half-time.[/b][/p][p]Real were hardly at full tilt as the second half got underway, with the game looking beyond their visitors barring a minor miracle.[/p][p]Nonetheless, Bellingham rattled the woodwork with a fierce strike, shortly before Alexander-Arnold tested Herrero as he searched for his first goal for the club, and Mbappe came off worse for wear when heading over from close range. [/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="4301e90b-ae8a-48fd-b592-d5ebc3f3a1a6" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="34d25d3f-9b85-4ed4-9094-2498e668f1f6" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]With the game drifting towards its inevitable conclusion, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diomande-yan/0p2ORrJi/"]Yan Diomande[/a] was excused for a handball offence by VAR, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rudiger-antonio/rZHXvTho/"]Antonio Rudiger[/a] had headed a free-kick onto his arm from point-blank range in the box.[/p][p]That kept the scoreline unchanged, confirming a fourth consecutive LaLiga season in which Los Boquerones have failed to come away with wins in any of their opening three fixtures.[/p][p][b]Substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guler-arda/CUU9qDpb/"]Arda Guler[/a] then rubbed salt in the wounds with a stoppage-time tap-in to add gloss to the scoreline.[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="4f14a891-2ba4-4348-a153-cc1fbac0bf33" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="54d9dd01-666d-4492-9bcd-443ed0c9ae31" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]Real are now on a run of six straight LaLiga wins dating back to last season, having last tasted defeat in May’s El Clasico.[/p][p]For Malaga, it’s just two points from a possible 39 in their last 13 top-flight away matches (D2, L11), continuing from where they left off in their relegation campaign back in 2017/18.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Kylian Mbappe[/a] (Real Madrid)[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/malaga-25tIqYiJ/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/summary/stats/?mid=K8SaDccd"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="ec74e862-e221-4cca-911d-224836e2362d" /]