Another hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo saw Real Madrid put Real Sociedad to the sword with a 5-1 thrashing at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.
The away side started the match brightly, but Ronaldo gave Real an early lead as he fired home following karim benzema's pin-point left-wing delivery, before the
Portuguese returned the favour for his French team-mate for the second soon after.
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti stated
before the match that he would not
rotate Ronaldo- who has now scored nine goals in his last four games - while he is in such a rich vein of form, and the former
Manchester United man repaid that faith by slotting in a penalty for his 161st La Liga goal and Real's third of the game on 26th minutes.
World-record signing Gareth Bale set up Sami khedira for the fourth goal before the break, and although Antoine Griezmann scored in a fifth successive match for Sociedad after the break,
Ronaldo ensured he would leave with the match ball by burying a 76th minute free- kick to seal his 19th La Liga hat-trick.
Ancelotti made three changes to the side that won 3-2 at Rayo Vallecano in their last league match, with the most notable
switch seeing Alvaro Arbeloa replacing the suspended Sergio Ramos, while the visitors made four alterations from their
5-0 win over Osasuna.
Ronaldo killed off any slim hopes of a late comeback as he drove in his 16th league goal of the season from a set-piece 16 minutes from time, moving Real on to 31 points, two behind Atletico Madrid and three adrift of leaders Barcelona.
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