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La Liga: Real Madrid 4-0 Malaga JUDE BELLINGHAM AND Kylian Mbappé both struck as Real Madrid’s perfect start to La Liga under José Mourinho continued in a 4-0 cruise against Malaga on Sunday. Los Blancos scored three times in just over 10 minutes in the first half to open up a comfortable lead over the Andalusian visitors to the Santiago Bernabeu. Sandwiched between Bellingham and Mbappé’s strikes was an own goal by Malaga goalkeeper Alfonso Herrero, while Arda Güler tapped in a fourth late on. “I’ve got the freedom to go higher or lower if we need, I’m enjoying myself a lot,” Bellingham told Real Madrid TV of his attacking midfield role under Mourinho. The former Birmingham and Borussia Dortmund star was given a standing ovation from the fans when he was substituted in the second half. “It’s an honour to play for this club and in front of these fans and the ovation was very nice,” added Bellingham. Bellingham opened the scoring after 19 minutes with an excellent solo goal, beating two defenders before drilling through Herrero’s legs. Bellingham forced the second goal seven minutes later, after Herrero denied Mbappé. Mbappé rattled home the third with a volley from Alexander-Arnold’s cross for his fourth goal of the campaign, leaving him top of Spain’s scoring charts. They managed to get a fourth late on, when Vinicius teed up substitute Güler to finish from point-blank range. Serie A: Napoli 1-2 Como Como pulled off their latest feat of Serie A giant-killing on Sunday as a 2-1 win at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona ruined Napoli head coach Massimiliano Allegri’s home debut. Martin Baturina fired Cesc Fàbregas’ enterprising side into a deserved lead in the 17th minute as chances fell at both ends in soaring temperatures in Naples. Rasmus Højlund’s brilliant strike drew the hosts level on the half-hour mark, but his good work was quickly undone when a defensive mix-up led to Anastasios Douvikas scoring for the second game in a row. Como, who were held by Udinese in their opener, move up to four points in the Serie A table, two behind early frontrunners AC Milan and Juventus, while last season’s runners-up Napoli remain on three points. **** - Check out the latest episode of The 42′s Football Family podcast here