The same Saturday afternoon, Jude Bellingham scored a thrilling goal in the 92nd minute for Real Madrid in his debut El Clasico, while forward Harry Kane scored from the halfway line for Bayern Munich.
Bellingham, a 20-year-old midfielder for England, appears to be contributing to the La Liga leaders’ score each week.
In his ninth Bundesliga game, his country’s captain, Kane, has scored a second hat-trick.
Is there another player in world football who has started the season better than Kane and Bellingham, given that both players are dominating their leagues?
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Jude Bellingham is happy.
Absent Bellingham’s objectives Real Madrid would trail Bellingham by four points in the Champions League and ten points in La Liga.