Jude Bellingham proved once again to be Real Madrid’s hero by scoring a winning goal in a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo on Friday night.
In this way, the midfielder equaled Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of scoring 4 goals in his first 3 matches in La Liga.
The 20-year-old, who scored twice in last week’s 3-1 win over Almeria, is La Liga’s most sensible goalscorer.
His last goal came at Balaídos, where the former Birmingham star returned home in the 81st minute from distance.
Bellingham has integrated seamlessly into Spain since arriving from Borussia Dortmund in a £115 million deal.
He has scored 4 of Los Blancos’ six goals so far, and no La Liga club has scored the player this season.
And the English foreigner has also provided an assist, he has contributed 83% of the club’s plays this season.
Underlining his usual debut, fellow midfielders Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouameni scored just six league goals last season.
No Real player has scored 4 goals in his first 3 La Liga matches in the last 14 years since Ronaldo in 2009 after leaving Manchester United.
And Bellingham will now equal the five-time Ballon d’Or goalkeeper’s record in his first four matches.
Bellingham is only the eighth player in Real Madrid history to achieve this feat, and the fourth since Ferenc Puskas in 1958.
Before Ronaldo’s very good run in 2009, Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van fer Vaart had also scored 4 goals in their first 3 matches in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
And Bellingham is the first non-striker to do so since Cesc Fabregas with Barcelona in 2011.
The next step for Bellingham (and Real) is a Madrid derby against Getafe at the Bernabeu next week.
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