Ibrahim Mbaye could only shake his head. The 18-year-old Senegal forward had just breathed competitive tension into this World Cup game, reducing the French advantage to 2-1 in second-half stoppage time, only for one devastating swish of Kylian Mbappe’s right foot to decide the outcome once and for all.From Mbappe, it was a display of breathtaking efficiency. When Senegal pulled one back in the 95th minute, disturbing the serenity of the closing stages, Mbappe gestured for calm.His message? I’ve got this.In the World Cup, Mbappe usually has it in spades. His two goals against Senegal brought his tally across three World Cups to 14 in 15 games since 2018.That record comfortably sees off the two defining players of the 21st century, overtaking Lionel Messi’s 13 goals (scored across 26 games) and Cristiano Ronaldo’s eight goals (scored across 22 games).The Brazilian Ronaldo (15) and Germany’s Miroslav Klose (16) are now the only men to have scored more World Cup goals than Mbappe, who will aim to overtake both during the next five weeks.He is still only 27 years of age. These goals not only made Mbappe into France's outright all-time top scorer but also the first player to score two-plus goals in five different World Cup games.It does not feel like hyperbole to say that Mbappe will soon become recognised as the greatest World Cup player of all time, if we were to judge output and impact within this competition alone.Not only does Mbappe deliver World Cup goals, but they are almost always game-shaping ones.Among the 14 goals he has scored at World Cups, nine have either been the opening goal of a game, a goal to put his team ahead in a match, or a goal scored when his team is trailing.Mbappe's first finish against Senegal was assured. To borrow Thierry Henry's framing on Fox Sports, this was France's MVP, Mbappe, slotting in from a sumptuous pass from Michael Olise, whom Henry describes now as France's MIP (Most Important Player).For the final flourish and France's third, Mbappe took a pass from Olise in his stride, using the space he was afforded to score arguably the best individual goal of the tournament so far.This was a speed-of-light strike, one that drew the breath of over 80,000 inside MetLife Stadium. The design of the field helpfully separates the lines across the pitch into six-yard chunks, meaning we can guesstimate the velocity of the strike with some rudimentary maths.Mbappe scoring his second goal on Tuesday (Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)Mbappe's distance from the goal appeared to be around 29 yards, and The Athletic's stopwatch recorded the time between the strike and the ball crossing the goal-line to be 1.03 seconds, yielding a speed of 57.6 miles per hour.