Almeria 1-3 Real Madrid: Jude Bellingham scores brace and provides assist as England midfielder continues impressive start to life in Spain
Almeria 1-3 Real Madrid: Jude Bellingham scores a brace AND provides an assist as the £113m England midfielder continues his emphatic start to life in Spain Jude Bellingham scored twice as Real Madrid won 3-1 against Almeria Bellingham also provided an assist for Vinicius Junior in an impressive display By Pete Jenson for MailOnline Published: 21:28, 19 August 2023 | Updated: 22:43, 19 August 2023 e-mail 12 View comments Jude Bellingham made it three goals and one assist in his first two games for his new club as Real Madrid beat Almeria 3-1 away. The England man became the first player since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009 to score in both his first two matches for the club. His first goal came on 19 minutes when Fede Valverde headed down a Dani Carvajal cross and he controlled it in a crowded area and poked it into the corner. The celebration was muted with some doubt as to whether he had been onside but VAR confirmed his position and Madrid were level having gone behind after just three minutes. That opening goal came from Sergio Arribas, a former Real Madrid player. The youth teamer who got 21 goals last season for Madrid’s B-team scored with a header from a Robertone cross having got forward faster than Toni Kroos could run back. Kroos was in the team for Eduardo Camavinga with the Frenchman coming on in the second half with his thigh heavily strapped. It was Kroos who thought he had put Madrid ahead but his well taken goal was ruled out for offside after Carvajal was adjudged to have fouled Sergio Akieme in the build-up. Madrid did finally take the lead in the second half when Kroos crossed and Bellingham headed past Luis Maximiano taking advantage of the way the keeper had committed himself with no real chance of getting to the ball. Jude Bellingham scored twice and provided an assist as Real Madrid won 3-1 against Almeria Vinicius Junior also managed to get on the scoresheet in Real Madrid's victory Bellingham showed excellent composure in front of goal as Real took all three points MATCH FACTS Almeria: Maximiano, Pubill (Pozo 69), Chumi, Gonzalez, Akieme, Robertone (Melero 70), Baba (Lazaro 90), Embarba, Arribas (Puigmal 90), Ramazani (Kone 61), Suarez Subs: Marino, Martinez, Gui, Kaiky, Lopy, Appiah, Centelles Goal: Arribas 3 Booked: Chumi Real Madrid: Lunin, Carvajal, Rudiger, Alaba, Garcia, Valverde (Vazquez 90), Tchouameni, Kroos (Camavinga 72), Bellingham (Joselu 81), Rodrygo (Modric 72), Vinicius Junior (Diaz 90) Subs: Kepa, Nacho, Gonzalez, Paz Goals: Bellingham 19, 60, Vinicius Junior 73 Advertisement Vinicius got the third for Real Madrid. There is a different role for him this season with the attacking full-backs providing the width and his job to be more of a central striker. From Bellingham’s assist he floated the ball to the back post sending it beyond the debutant Almeria keeper. Brahim Diaz and Joselu came on late on as Bellingham was taken off and they nearly combined for the fourth goal but Diaz could not pick out the former Spain centre-forward. Madrid in the end were comfortable winners and their start to the season has been impressive. They are coping without the injured Eder Militao and Thibaut Courtois. Kepa waited on the bench as Lunin kept goal. The keeper on loan from Chelsea will make his debut next Friday when Real Madrid play Celta Vigo. Up front they are also missing Karim Benzema, sold in the summer. But thanks to Bellingham no one has noticed so far. Almeria players celebrate after Sergio Arribas gave them an early lead against Real Madrid Kepa, on loan from Chelsea, was on the bench and will make his debut against Celta Vigo Share or comment on this article: Almeria 1-3 Real Madrid: Jude Bellingham scores brace and provides assist as England midfielder continues impressive start to life in Spain e-mail Add comment Comments 12 Share what you think Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all The comments below have not been moderated. View all The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Add your comment Enter your comment By posting your comment you agree to our house rules . Submit Comment Clear Close Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. No Yes Close Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy .