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Yes Real Madrid is at the top of the standings in La Liga now, they have 4 different points from Atletico and 7 different points from Barcelona. It means they have started to be consistent. Indeed at the beginning, Mbappe and Vini are not compact and maybe a bit selfish with each other, but Anceloti has know how to manage player like this, so that he separated them, and play them in different matches. Yes I consider this is the best performance for real Madrid, and bad performance for Barcelona because they were defeated instead position from Atletico. Actually who are not inconsistent for this session is Barcelona, not Real Madrid.
Madrid performed poorly at the start of the season because several key players were injured, making it difficult for Ancelotti to organize a strategy in the defensive area. Slowly, he was able to overcome his team's shortcomings by utilizing the players available in his squad and now Madrid has managed to become the leader in the standings.
While Barcelona have stumbled at the wrong time, overall there are no problems whatsoever with Hansi Flick squad, but they have surprisingly dropped points in their last four games before finally getting a big win over Valencia.