Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 50th hat-trick of his career as Real Madrid beat Girona to move up to third in La Liga.
Ronaldo converted Toni Kroos’ pass, but Cristhian Stuani’s header made it 1-1.
Real retook the lead with a powerful strike from Ronaldo and he then set up Lucas Vazquez for the hosts’ third before completing his hat-trick.
Stuani headed in Girona’s second, Gareth Bale scored Real’s fifth, Juanpe pulled one back but Ronaldo got his fourth and Real’s sixth in injury time.
The result takes Real, Spanish champions last season, above Valencia but they are still four points behind city rivals Atletico, who fell to a surprise 2-1 loss at Villarreal.
Real are still 15 points behind leaders Barcelona, who won 2-0 at home to Athletic Bilbao earlier on Sunday. – bbc
Cristiano Ronaldo was described as being “from another galaxy” by Zinedine Zidane after another stunning display in Real Madrid’s 6-3 win over Girona on Sunday.
The Portugal star hit four goals – the 50th hat-trick of his career – to take his tally to 21 from his last 11 appearances across all competitions.
After a stuttering first half of the 2017-18 campaign in which he scored just four times in La Liga, Ronaldo has now been on target in each of his last eight games domestically and in Europe, netting 17 times across that span. goal
Below are the top five scorers on the La Liga scorers chart.
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
98 minutes per goal
2461 played
25Goals scored
12 Assists
Shots on target
Total
63% 78
124
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
92 minutes per goal
2031 played
22Goals scored
5 Assists
Shots on target
Total
55% 66
121
Luis Suárez
Barcelona
107 minutes per goal
2241 played
21Goals scored
6 Assists
Shots on target
Total
61% 47
77
Antoine Griezmann
Atl Madrid
128 minutes per goal
2171 played
17Goals scored
8 Assists
Shots on target
Total
65% 37
57
Cristhian Stuani
Girona
117 minutes per goal
