Bellingham matches Ronaldo’s UCL start with wondergoal against Napoli

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham continued his exceptional start to life with Los Blancos after scoring yet another goal against Napoli to equal a record held by Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo. 

Bellingham has proven worthy of his British record €103 million transfer fee from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid after scoring eight goals in his opening nine games for Los Blancos and is quickly becoming a fan favourite, walking in the footsteps of some of the club’s greats. 

The English midfielder added to his goal tally in a superb performance against Napoli in a 3-2 win at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, where he also picked up an assist. 

Bellingham’s goal was a thing of beauty as he bullied his way through the Napoli defence before expertly finishing past Alex Meret in the Partenopei goal to put Real Madrid 2-1 up at the time.

With his goal, Bellingham became only the third Real Madrid player in history to score in his first two games for Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League and the first since 2009. 

Before Bellingham, only Christian Karembeu in 1998 and Ronaldo in 2009 had managed this feat, putting the England international in a very special category. 

Real Madrid’s win over Napoli sees them go top of the UCL group, with the 14 time winners fancying their chances of a 15th title, backed by the quality of their summer purchase from Germany.