Kylian Mbappe was star performer of the night but you can't take away the fact that all members of the team played important roles in helping the club beat a strong European club like Manchester City.
He started his career and adventure in Real Madrid slowly but after about a half of season, Mbappe already has become more adaptive in his new club and he shown better performances for them. This hat-trick is important for the club to beat Manchester City and for the player individually too. It gives Mbappe a lot more confidence in his journey with Real Madrid in this season and in future as well.
Yes, he gave good evidence with 3 goals. Man City was destroyed with possession. Man City were ineffective so they lost. Losing and failing to qualify for the last 16. It seems that this is Pep's first bad record during his time with Man City by not qualifying for the knockout phase. Man City's defense is bad, I think Khusanof can run fast but he failed to compete with Vini and Mbaape. But the injury problems of Haaland and Stones seem to affect the team's condition. It seems that Madrid is a little lucky because Haaland and Stones are injured.
Manchester City was destroyed in Bernabeu stadium by a super star player's hat-trick but generally Real Madrid played better and if Mbappe did not score a hat-trick, perhaps other players will score and Real Madrid will still win this match.
Real Madrid now will be eligible for 1/8 phase with 15 other clubs to fight for spots to quarter finals of Champions League 2024 - 2025 season. Mbappe is going to crawl to finish line with a first Champions League title ever in his player career and if he gets it, maybe he will have good chance of winning Ballon d'Or too.