With his hat-trick against Man City in the recent Champions League, Kylian Mbappe surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo in the time it took to score his first hat-trick in European competition for Real Madrid.

In the playoff match, Mbappe shined with all three goals to help Los Blancos defeat Manchester City with a score of 3-1, thereby winning the title of Player of the Match.

In Real Madrid’s history, where does this achievement stand compared to the club’s greatest ever goalscorer? According to Marca , Ronaldo needed 31 European matches to score his first hat-trick for the Bernabeu team, achieving it in his fourth season at the club.

For Mbappe, he only needed 10 Champions League matches for Real Madrid, in his first season playing for the Spanish royal team, to score a hat-trick.

Also in a recent interview with Diario AS , Casemiro said that Kylian Mbappe will establish himself as the best player in the world after joining Madrid and knocking Man City out of the European Cup, while also suggesting that his three teammates will provide competition.

“Mbappe is one of those players who, when you play against him, you don’t know how to stop him. He hasn’t won the Champions League yet but he will. He is the heir to Messi and Ronaldo, along with Vinicius Jr, who continues to grow and improve every game, and Rodrygo and Fede Valverde,” said Casemiro.