Kylian Mbappé has made some peace with Real Madrid’s fans by scoring in his team’s 2-0 win over Getafe in the Spanish league.

Real Madrid put the defeat against Liverpool in the Champions League behind them with a 2-0 La Liga victory over Getafe. Kylian Mbappe, too, started to heal after the midweek disappointment by scoring in the victory at the Bernabeu shortly after a Jude Bellingham penalty had opened the scoring.

Real Madrid is out of sorts, and the Frenchman is part of that. As such, the glare falls on him. He’s the story, a dialed-down, diluted version of the soccer phenom he was upon arrival in Spain. A dizzied surfer unable to ride the waves he once could.