Real hit Racing for a six
Madrid, Oct. 24: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational quadruple as Real Madrid knocked rivals Barcelona off the top of the Spanish first division with a thumping 6-1 home win over Racing Santander on Saturday.
Portuguese star Ronaldo made it eight goals in his last three league matches with a best ever four goals as Madrid made it 16 goals in those same three outings to climb a point above defending champions Barcelona at the top of La Liga. “I am really happy because I have never scored four goals before,” said Ronaldo. “The most important thing is the team and it wouldn’t have been possible to score without the help of my teammates.”
Earlier, Barcelona had gone top with a 2-0 win at 10-man Real Zaragoza thanks to a brace from Lionel Messi as he made it four goals in as many days after scoring both goals in the midweek 2-0 Champions League win over Copenhagen. “Leo is a goalscorer,” said Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola. “Even though he doesn’t play as a central striker he has the goal on his mind and that’s why he scores the number of goals he does.”
However, Ronaldo topped Messi’s feat, scoring a first-half brace at the Santiago Bernabeu before adding another two in the second half to take his league tally to nine this season.
Gonzalo Higuain and Mesut Ozil were also on target as Real
followed up 6-1 and 4-1 wins over Deportivo La Coruna and Malaga with another rout, leaving Jose Mourinho’s unbeaten side with a perfect four league wins at the Bernabeu.
In another match, Valencia fell to their second successive defeat losing 2-1 to Real Mallorca. Chori Castro scored a brace (7 min, 27) to put Mallorca in command and Valencia could not salvage something from the game despite Roberto Soldado reducing arrears with a 35th minute penalty.
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