Mbappe scoreless again in Real Madrid's 1-1 draw with Las Palmas

Kylian Mbappe remains scoreless and the defending La Liga champions Real Madrid settled for a 1-1 draw at Las Palmas on Thursday.

Mbappe, Madrid's biggest signing in years, is yet to score in the league this season. His only goal with Madrid came in the team's UEFA Super Cup victory against Atalanta earlier this month.

It was Vinicius Junior who scored for Madrid, which beat Real Valladolid 3-0 in the previous round but had opened their defense with a 1-1 draw at Mallorca.

"It's been difficult for us to be as solid as we were last season," Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. "We need to find a solution quickly, and I think we are going to find it. It has been harder than expected. These first three matches showed me a lot of things that have not been working well."

Vinicius found the net for his first league goal this season by converting a 69th-minute penalty kick after a handball inside the area.

The hosts had taken the lead five minutes into the game after Alberto Moleiro got past a couple of defenders before finding the net from inside the area.

Young Brazil forward Endrick, who scored against Valladolid in his debut, came off the bench in the 86th to replace Vinicius Junior.

Las Palmas are yet to win this season, having drawn against Sevilla and lost at Leganes.

In the other game on Thursday, Girona, the surprise team last season after a third-place finish, earned their first win with a 4-0 rout of Osasuna at home.

Bryan Gil scored in the first half, then Viktor Tsygankov, Abel Ruiz and Cristhian Stuani sealed the victory in the second.

Girona had opened with a draw and a loss. Osasuna had a draw and a win from their first two games.