Jude Bellingham: Real Madrid’s leader, and it shows. He is in superb physical condition, and it was Bellingham who opened the scoring, running from outside the box and dribbling past a string of opponents.
Six minutes later, he pounced on a rebound off the Malaga goalkeeper following an Mbappe shot and tried to head it home. A defender managed to clear the ball, but it cannoned off the goalkeeper and rolled into the net, putting Real Madrid 2-0 up.
Bellingham nearly grabbed his second at the start of the second half, only to see his shot strike the post.
Vinicius Junior: The least inspired of the attackers in the first half, yet he showed great defensive commitment, covering behind Cucurella on several occasions.
Time and again he tried in the second half, but his final pass was wildly imprecise. In the end, after all those attempts, he handed Guler a gift for the goal.
Mbappe: When he hits top speed, no one can stop him. He pressed with real energy and created almost every Real Madrid threat, save for Bellingham’s.
His goal came after a precise pass from Arnold, finished off with the ease only the best players possess. That takes his tally to 4 goals this season, keeping him top of the competition’s scoring charts.
Diomande: Flashes of his potential, and he came close to setting up Mbappe with the last chance of the match.
Bernardo Silva: He kept the team ticking over as they played the ball out from the back.
Guler: He scored the final goal after a wonderful, decisive pass from Vinicius Junior.