Kylian Mbappe: Real Madrid form ‘couldn’t get any worse’
Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe says “mentality issues” prevented him from finding his best form earlier this season.
The 26-year-old France captain joined Real Madrid on a free transfer after leaving Paris Saint-Germain last June.
However, he performed poorly in the first few months after the transfer, scoring only 3 goals in 11 games.
That run included penalty misses against Liverpool in the Champions League and against Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, with Real losing both games.
Mbappe said he felt at “rock bottom” after those mistakes, but a change in mentality has led to four goals in his last three games.
Mbappe said: “I think it’s a mentality issue and from this point I realized I had to work harder.”
“I think too much about how to do things. Whether to go into space, whether to go to Vinnie (Vinisius Jr.)’s area of ​​the pitch, Rodrigo’s area. When you think too much, you don’t focus on your Contest.
“My fitness and team performance were good but I knew I had to do more and that was the time to change things.
“I couldn’t do any worse, so when you hit rock bottom, you just have to go up.”
Since the loss to Bilbao on December 4, Mbappe has played 10 times in all competitions and scored 8 goals.
