Kylian Mbappe moved on from a tumultuous week by scoring a penalty to help Real Madrid win 3-0 at Racing Santander on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n
The French forward narrowly lost out on the Ballon d\u2019Or to Bayern Munich\u2019s Harry Kane on Monday and then had to apologise after a social media storm following a video in which he joked about former Chinese leader Mao Zedong.\n<\/p>\n
Real Madrid\u2019s match, along with other Spanish fixtures this weekend, was not broadcast by Chinese state television because of the fallout.\n<\/p>\n
Jude Bellingham and Yan Diomande were also on target to keep third-place Madrid within three points of leaders Barcelona, who thrashed Alaves 6-1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Jose Mourinho\u2019s side have won six straight games across all competitions and are a point behind city rivals Atletico Madrid, who beat Levante 2-0.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the first half we were very strong, we came out to play well,\u201d Mourinho told reporters.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team is growing, playing well; I think we should have scored even more goals with the chances we had.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mbappe won a soft penalty as he went down under little pressure from Matteo Prati, smashing it home to put Madrid ahead at the Sardinero stadium in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n
It was the 27-year-old\u2019s 12th league goal of the season, trailing only Barcelona\u2019s Raphinha with 15 in the scoring charts.\n<\/p>\n
Madrid had control of the game and a fine pass from Arda Guler sent Bellingham through on goal for the second.\n<\/p>\n
The England international knocked the ball past the goalkeeper and rolled home for his 50th goal since joining Madrid in 2023.\n<\/p>\n
Guler spurned a good opportunity for the third after being set up by Mbappe, before Madrid\u2019s record signing Diomande lashed home from the edge of the box.\n<\/p>\n
The hosts started the second half well, pushing Madrid back, much to the chagrin of Mourinho, who yelled at his players.\n<\/p>\n
Madrid regained their control and racked up several more chances, with Mbappe hitting the post and Bellingham denied by Racing goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala.<\/p>\n
Racing won a penalty after Madrid\u2019s Aurelien Tchouameni handled in the box, but the award was cancelled after a VAR review.\n<\/p>\n
Bellingham had a second goal ruled out in stoppage time after he strayed offside before finding the net, and Endrick bent an effort narrowly wide from distance.\n<\/p>\n
Hosts Racing, 16th, back in La Liga for the first time in 14 seasons, fell to their first home defeat of the campaign.\n<\/p>\n
Earlier, Sevilla, sixth, suffered a 3-1 loss at Getafe, who moved into mid-table.\n<\/p>\n
\u201c(Madrid\u2019s penalty award) annoys me,\u201d Racing coach Jose Alberto told DAZN.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cEvidently we came across a great Madrid, who put us under a lot of pressure in the first half hour, and were much better than us, but what conditions everything was the first goal and the penalty.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Later Sunday Athletic Bilbao host Real Sociedad in a Basque derby and Valencia visit Elche.<\/p>\n
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