Jude Bellingham stunned Barcelona and their home fans in Camp Nou after leading Real Madrid to a comeback win in the latest edition of El Clasico.
The 20-year-old scored a brace in his first El Clasico to help his club rise from a 0-1 deficit in the first half.
It is not just their rivals who were stunned, though. Even his coach, Carlo Ancelotti, was surprised by the way the English youngster was scoring.
"He scored a stupendous goal for the first and he was smart for the second," Ancelotti said in his postmatch news conference. "We're surprised. Everyone is surprised by his level, and his level of efficiency up front."
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"He gets into the box, but today the shot [for the first goal] surprised us, he scored a stupendous goal... Right now he's the player who's making the difference."
The Italian manager was especially in awe of the English player's first goal in the 68th minute of El Clasico, saying that changed the game's complexion and gave his teammates a boost.
Bellingham is now the current top scorer of La Liga with 10 goals in 11 games.
Ancelotti's prediction of Bellingham
Seeing how composed and hungry the 20-year-old midfielder has been playing, Ancelotti believes he can score at will and even reach a scoring total that only a few players get.
"Bellingham's ceiling is easily scoring 20 or 25 goals this season," the Italian coach said.
"Even though we don't think of him as a scorer, at the moment he is scoring a lot of goals but we are expecting goals from the strikers as well."
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