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Real Madrid maintained their flawless start to the Spanish league season with a swashbuckling 4-1 victory at Levante on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior orchestrated the visitors\u2019 first-half display before Kylian Mbappe\u2019s second-half double, including a penalty, sealed a comprehensive win.<\/p>\n
The Brazil winger found form in Valencia, striking a brilliant opener in the 28th minute with the outside of his boot. Vin\u00edcius turned provider 11 minutes later, threading the ball through to new arrival Franco Mastantuono, who doubled Madrid\u2019s advantage from close range.<\/p>\n
Levante briefly threatened a comeback through Etta Eyong\u2019s header in the 54th minute, but Mbapp\u00e9 restored Madrid\u2019s two-goal cushion nine minutes later. The France forward produced a Panenka penalty after Unai Elgezabal\u2019s rash challenge, and then rounded Mat Ryan to score the fourth goal from Arda Guler\u2019s pass.<\/p>\n
The result keeps Xabi Alonso\u2019s side top of the table on 18 points after six matches, stretching their lead to five points over reigning champions Barcelona, who go to Real Oviedo on Thursday. Levante are languishing in 16th place on four points.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Manor Solomon celebrates his late winner for Villarreal away to Sevilla.<\/span> Photograph: Joaquin Corchero\/AFP7\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Villarreal<\/strong> moved up to third after Manor Solomon\u2019s late goal earned a 2-1 victory at Sevilla<\/strong>. Marcelino\u2019s side took a half-time lead through Tani Oluwaseyi, but the hosts levelled through Djibril Sow\u2019s fine left-footed finish. Substitute Solomon then struck at the back post in the 86th minute after a run and pass from Georges Mikautadze.<\/p>\n Earlier, Javi Puado scored a 96th-minute equaliser for fourth-placed Espanyol<\/strong> in a 2-2 draw at home to Valencia<\/strong>, and bottom club Girona<\/strong> held Athletic Club<\/strong> to a 1-1 draw at San Mam\u00e9s, Mikel Jauregizar cancelling out Azzedine Ounahi\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Christopher Nkunku scored his first Milan<\/strong> goal as the Rossoneri swept 10-man Lecce<\/strong> aside in their Coppa Italia second-round match at San Siro.<\/p>\n Massimiliano Allegri was serving the second of his two-game cup suspension but his team attacked from the outset and took charge after Lecce\u2019s Jamil Siebert was sent off for denying Nkunku a clear goalscoring opportunity.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson<\/span><\/p>\n Jonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain information about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. If you do not have an account, we will create a guest account for you on theguardian.com to send you this newsletter. You can complete full registration at any time. For more information about how we use your data see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.<\/span><\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n <\/span>Christopher Nkunku brought out a red balloon for his trademark celebration.<\/span> Photograph: Matteo Bazzi\/EPA<\/p>\n Two minutes later, Davide Bartesaghi crossed for Santiago Gim\u00e9nez to stab the ball home and after Adrien Rabiot and Ruben Loftus-Cheek had hit the woodwork, Nkunku finished acrobatically from Alexis Saelemaekers\u2019 cross before producing a red balloon for his trademark celebration.<\/p>\n Milan finished the job through second-half substitute Christian Pulisic, who struck from Youssouf Fofana\u2019s cross moments after coming on. Allegri\u2019s side will face Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico in the last 16 in December.<\/p>\n Udinese<\/strong> will travel to Juventus next after earning a 2-1 win over Palermo, while Cagliari<\/strong> must go to Napoli after easing to a 4-1 victory over Frosinone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid maintained their flawless start to the Spanish league season with a swashbuckling 4-1 victory at Levante on Tuesday. Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior orchestrated the visitors\u2019 first-half display before Kylian Mbappe\u2019s second-half double, including a penalty, sealed a comprehensive win. 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