It took champions Real Madrid time to click into gear this season but they visit Espanyol on Saturday in La Liga sitting top of the table.Key stats 9 - Alaves veteran Kike Garcia is the top Spanish scorer this season across the big five European leagues 13 - Rodrygo has nine goals and four assists in his last 11 matches for Real Madrid 17 - Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski is the league's top goalscorer,

Kylian Mbappe is showing the form that made Madrid crave his arrival for years as Los Blancos swerve a potential crisis.

As Real Madrid prepare for their Champions League finale, Spanish football expert Guillem Balague looks at how the defending champions have found their form.

Kylian Mbappe continued his rich vein of form with a hat-trick on Saturday to power Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Valladolid and a four-point lead at the top of La Liga.

Germain, and his attitude on and off the pitch proved it, leading to his Real Madrid switch this past summer.During his final season at

Kylian Mbappe has set the world alight at Real Madrid with his brilliance. The Frenchman has already started breaking records despite having a shaky start to his career with the Spanish Giants. Kylian Mbappe Following Cristiano Ronaldo After a difficult start,