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Jude Bellingham stars for Real Madrid as they beat Napoli 3-2 in the Champions League

Jude Bellingham stars for Real Madrid again as they beat Serie A champions Napoli 3-2 to end their 13-game unbeaten Champions League streak at home.

The match was even, and could’ve been won by any team, but Real Madrid’s new signing Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde made sure that Los Blancos took all three points.

Napoli took the lead in the 19th minute after Kvaratskhelia whipped a corner into the box, which Kepa misjudged, the ball then pinged off the crossbar and fell for Leo Ostigard to head into an open net.

But in less than 10 minutes, Madrid equalized after Bellingham won the ball outside Napoli’s box and feeded Vinicius Jr, who managed to score from a tight angle.

After assisting a goal, Bellingham managed to put Los Blancos ahead in the game. The England international weaved past Napoli defence and curled hist shot past Alex Meret.

Jude Bellingham stars for Real Madrid again in the Champions League

Real Madrid were 2-1 up at half-time, but Napoli were never going to make things easy for them. The Serie A champions equalized in the 54th minute through Piotr Zielinski’s penalty after Nacho’s handball.

Real Madrid, however did find the winner after Federico Valverde’s 25-yard effort hit the post and bounced into the net off Meret’s back in the 78th minute.

Napoli did try to score late into the game, but Madrid were able to soak the pressure. The Los Blancos took all three points against a tough side and now sit on top of Group C with 6 points. Napoli and Braga have three points each, and Union Berlin have zero points.

Nevertheless, Bellingham helped them to win this match. He has now scored eight goals in all competitions this season. The Englishman also scored against Union Berlin in matchday one to give Madrid all three points.

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