With Kylian Mbappe's two goals, Real Madrid managed to beat Barcelona at home with a score of 2:1 and reduce the distance from the top of the La Liga table to three points. In this match, Mbappe put Real Madrid ahead in the first half, but Rafinha equalized for Barcelona after one hour of the match. While the game was tied, Mbappe scored his second goal and the winning goal for his team in the 87th minute after a pass from Eduardo Cambinga. Barcelona, who had won all of their previous nine games of the season before this game, by inflicting this first defeat, the points difference at the top of the table with Atletico Madrid reached two points and the competition for the La Liga title became tighter than ever.