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| Ronaldo scores five including eight-minute hat trick in Real Madrid blitz | Ronaldo scores five including eight-minute hat trick in Real Madrid blitz |
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| Cristiano Ronaldo struck the quickest hat-trick of his career on his way to netting five goals in one match for the first time, as Real Madrid drubbed second-from-bottom Granada 9-1 to move within a point of La Liga leaders Barcelona. | Cristiano Ronaldo struck the quickest hat-trick of his career on his way to netting five goals in one match for the first time, as Real Madrid drubbed second-from-bottom Granada 9-1 to move within a point of La Liga leaders Barcelona. |
| Ronaldo’s five goals took his tally in La Liga this season to 36, four ahead of Lionel Messi, who will have a chance to reduce the deficit when Barça play Celta Vigo later on Sunday. The Portuguese forward has, like Messi, now scored three or more goals 24 times in La Liga. His 28th Real Madrid hat-trick also equalled the club record set by Alfredo di Stéfano. | |
| Ronaldo struck three times in eight minutes after Gareth Bale had fired Real ahead in the 25th minute. After failing to find the net in his previous nine outings, Bale netted his fifth in his last four appearances for club and country when he pounced on a defensive error, rounded goalkeeper Oier Olazabal and slotted the ball into the empty net. | Ronaldo struck three times in eight minutes after Gareth Bale had fired Real ahead in the 25th minute. After failing to find the net in his previous nine outings, Bale netted his fifth in his last four appearances for club and country when he pounced on a defensive error, rounded goalkeeper Oier Olazabal and slotted the ball into the empty net. |
| Ronaldo clipped home his first of the game five minutes later, added a second after more poor defending in the 36th minute and a third in the 38th when Oier could only palm his fierce shot into the net. | Ronaldo clipped home his first of the game five minutes later, added a second after more poor defending in the 36th minute and a third in the 38th when Oier could only palm his fierce shot into the net. |
| Karim Benzema made it 5-0 at a corner seven minutes into the second half, Ronaldo nodded home his fourth two minutes later and Benzema grabbed his second a further two minutes after that as Real put a woeful Granada to the sword. | Karim Benzema made it 5-0 at a corner seven minutes into the second half, Ronaldo nodded home his fourth two minutes later and Benzema grabbed his second a further two minutes after that as Real put a woeful Granada to the sword. |
| Robert Ibáñez pulled a goal back for the visitors in the 74th minute before Granada defender Diego Mainz put the ball into his own net seven minutes from time. Ronaldo scored his fifth, and Real’s ninth, with a last-minute header. | Robert Ibáñez pulled a goal back for the visitors in the 74th minute before Granada defender Diego Mainz put the ball into his own net seven minutes from time. Ronaldo scored his fifth, and Real’s ninth, with a last-minute header. |
| Ronaldo’s fifth goal completed Real Madrid’s largest La Liga victory since 1967, and Granada’s heaviest ever La Liga defeat. It also marked the first time a Real Madrid player had scored five goals in one game since Fernando Morientes in 2002. | Ronaldo’s fifth goal completed Real Madrid’s largest La Liga victory since 1967, and Granada’s heaviest ever La Liga defeat. It also marked the first time a Real Madrid player had scored five goals in one game since Fernando Morientes in 2002. |
| The crushing victory was just the tonic Real needed after a run of three defeats in four games in all competitions, including a 2-1 reverse at the Camp Nou on March 22. Real’s next La Liga fixture comes on Wednesday night, away to local rivals Rayo Vallecano. | The crushing victory was just the tonic Real needed after a run of three defeats in four games in all competitions, including a 2-1 reverse at the Camp Nou on March 22. Real’s next La Liga fixture comes on Wednesday night, away to local rivals Rayo Vallecano. |