Last night was a special for a Kylian Mbappe, whose hat-trick against Manchester City served as a statement of intent from him to his critics.Mbappe, who has now equalled Lionel Messi’s record of

Kylian Mbappé had his best night so far in a Real Madrid shirt on Wednesday as his hat-trick propelled Los Blancos to a 3-1 win – 6-3 on aggregate – over Manchester City and into the Champions League round of 16.

It was a tale of contrasts for the two number nines. While Mbappe was running riot, Erling Haaland could only watch from the bench as City went out of the Champions League with barely a whimper. It was City’s earliest exit from the competition since their failure to advance from the group stage in 2012-13,