Frenchman gets another chance to make his mark on the left after ending his mini-scoring drought

“The story of my career,” Kylian Mbappé called it, which it wasn’t really and would make his career surprisingly average, but at least he was polite. A little political perhaps, too.

After Real Madrid’s 3-0 victory at Leganés on Sunday night, the Frenchman spoke to the club’s TV channel about a game he had started on the left for the first time since his seven-year wait to reach Spain came to a close. He hadscored the opener, ending a four-match run without a goal, 21 shots rattled off without scoring, but his position, he said, was not the reason.