Jude Bellingham bagged a brace in his first El Clasico as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1.
had opened the scoring early on for the La Liga champions but Bellingham came up clutch in the second half.His trademark celebration came out in stoppage time when Bellingham popped up with a last-gasp winner.10
However, despite his quality displayed, some have given Bellingham the"tap-in merchant" tag given a few of his strikes have been from close-range. Real mocked that label by writing"Our tap-in merchant" on X, adding a video of Bellingham discussing his goals in the game and addressing his tap-in goals in a mature manner.
He said:"I'll probably say the first one. I can imagine everyone battering me for the second one, I know I get a lot of grief about scoring tap-ins. "When everyone stood still I was on the move. You create your own luck and you create your own opportunities and I've done it again for the second goal.And manager Carlo Ancelotti has already set him a big target for his tally come the end of the season.Speaking after the win, Ancelotti said:"He can easily reach 20-25 goals. 'We don't have in mind that he is a scorer or a striker. He is scoring, but we wait for the rest of us to score goals.
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