After a slow start in a white shirt, Kylian Mbappé is finally giving Robert Lewandowski some competition in La Liga's scoring race.

Mbappé scored his first hat-trick in a Real Madrid shirt and is now just one goal behind Lewandowski in LaLiga.

The race for the La Liga top scorer award is intensifying. Kylian Mbappé's recent form, exemplified by his hat-trick against Las Palmas, has significantly narrowed the gap between himself and Robert Lewandowski.

Kylian Mbappe had already won 17 trophies and scored 329 career goals before making his predestined move to Real Madrid. And he has started well enough.

Kylian Mbappe's superb start to 2025 continued as Real Madrid cruised to a 3-0 La Liga win at relegation-battling Real Valladolid. Mbappe's late penalty secured a first-ever hat trick for the France captain since joining Los Blancos last summer as he moved onto 15 league goals scored for the campaign so far.

Mbappé now has 22 goals in all competitions for Real Madrid this season after his first hat trick for the club in Saturday's victory over Real Valladolid.

Second-placed Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 at home earlier against Villarreal, while Barcelona, third, trailed Los Blancos by 10 points before hosting Valencia on Sunday. Mbappe has hit his devastating best in recent weeks, after struggling for consistency following his summer switch from Paris Saint-Germain.

Mohamed Salah (176) has surpassed Thierry Henry (175) for seventh most goals in Premier League history. Since Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool in 2017-18, his Premier League goals are 4th most by any player in the Top 5 European leagues (he scored 2 PL goals with Chelsea prior to joining Liverpool.)

Flick became the second-fastest Barcelona coach to reach 100 goals on Sunday after the 7-1 rout of Valencia. The club has 101 goals in 32 games in all competitions under the German coach. Helenio Herrera reached the mark in 31 matches in the late 1950s. Luis Enrique and Tito Vilanova each needed 34 games, three quicker than Pep Guardiola at 37.

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Another topsy-turvy weekend of European football is in the books, and there are talking points galore across the big leagues.