Real Madrid summer signing Jude Bellingham, on Friday night, continued to etch his name indellibly into the history books of Spanish football.
This comes, for those who may have missed it, after Real, and Bellingham, marked their return to action a short time ago.
Fresh off back-to-back wins to kick their La Liga campaign into gear, Carlo Ancelotti’s troops, this evening, made the trip to Balaidos, for a meeting with Celta Vigo.
And, when all was said and done, Los Blancos went on to make it a perfect nine points from nine.
A tense 90 minutes, featuring a disallowed Celta opener, and missed Real spot-kick, ultimately culminated in the aforementioned Bellingham proving himself the hero once more.
The game’s decisive moment was forthcoming ten minutes from time, when a corner from the right saw Joselu’s header across goal directed home by the arriving Bellingham:
BELLINGHAM DOES IT AGAIN! 🌟⚪
The English midfielder scores for the third successive LALIGA game 👏 pic.twitter.com/2hVhexKOIB
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) August 25, 2023
And, in the process, Bellingham made yet more history.
As revealed by Spanish statistician Mister Chip, the former Borussia Dortmund talent, on Friday, became just the eighth player to net four goals in his first three La Liga appearances for Real Madrid.
The last? Cristiano Ronaldo, 14 years ago.
Jugadores del Real Madrid que marcaron 4 goles en sus 3 primeros partidos en La Liga:
Lazcano (1929)
Arbiza (1941)
Marsal (1956)
Puskás (1958)
Sneijder (2007)
Van der Vaart (2008)
Cristiano Ronaldo (2009)
BELLINGHAM (2023)— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) August 25, 2023
Not only that, but Bellingham is also one of just six non-forwards to have found the net in each of their first three outings in La Liga, joining Cesc Fabregas and Wesley Sneijder in an exclusive club:
Jugadores NO delanteros que marcaron en su primer, segundo y tercer partido de La Liga:
Broto (1929), con el Espanyol
Rancel (1934), con el Betis
Eguiluz (1942), con el Sevilla
Sneijder (2007), con el Madrid
Fàbregas (2011), con el Barça
BELLINGHAM (2023), con el Madrid— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) August 25, 2023
