"My adaptation is over, I feel great"

In his 400th club game, Kylian Mbappe scored the first hat trick of his Real Madrid adventure and the 17th of his career. A boost that he himself valued for ‘Real Madrid TV’ after the team's victory over Real Valladolid at the Jose Zorrilla stadium (0-3).

As he himself said, he is now settled in and feels at ease after a complicated first few months: "The first day I arrived I said it: I can play in all three attacking positions and I had to adapt. And it's showing. The adaptation is over and I feel very good. You can see it on the pitch, it's all coming naturally".

Mbappe also thanked Vincius and Rodrygo for their recent statements about wanting to help him become La Liga's top scorer. He is currently a goal behind Lewandowski with Barcelona's game at Valencia still to come: ‘I thank them, but I can say that I have to help them both and the whole team so that Real Madrid win. If I'm top scorer it will be great, I've done it many times in my career, but I want to win titles.

Furthermore, the Frenchman pondered the victory over Valladolid that puts them four points clear at the top of La Liga: "I feel very good and happy for the victory. I say it every week, but it's true. It was very important to win because with Atletico's result - a 1-1 draw against Villarreal - we were under pressure".

"It gives confidence. But you know better than me that it's not over until matchday 38. We always have to win, with confidence and humility because there are still a lot of games to go", he added. Finally, he classified the next match against Brest, in which he will once again play in France against an opponent he "knows very well", so he knows it will be a complicated game.