Real Madrid closed to within two points of the La Liga pacesetters Barcelona and Atlético Madrid after Gareth Bale helped himself to his first four-goal haul in a 10-2 demolition of nine-man Rayo Vallecano.
Real bounced back in some style from last weekend’s defeat at Villareal, with Karim Benzema netting a hat-trick and Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice.
But Madrid did not initially have it all their own way at the Bernabéu. They were again whistled by some disgruntled home fans after they fell 2-1 behind despite going ahead through a Danilo strike in the third minute.However, once Rayo lost Tito to a straight red card for a wild tackle on Toni Kroos in the 14th minute and Jose Raúl Baena to a second booking 15 minutes later Real quickly restored their lead and went in 4-2 ahead at half-time.
Bale had levelled at 2-2 with a header, Ronaldo struck from the spot five minutes later after Baena had earned a second yellow card and conceded a penalty for a foul on Sergio Ramos and Bale sped clear and drove the ball low into the corner four minutes before halft-time. With two men out, Rayo had little chance against waves of attacks and Benzema made it 5-2 before Ronaldo headed in the 53rd.
Ronaldo set up Bale for his hat-trick and the Wales international completed his first four-goal haul with a tap-in to double his league tally for the season to eight. Benzema made it 9-2 and Real hit double figures when the France international scored his third in the final minute.
This is the third time Real have scored 10 goals in a La Liga game and the first since they beat Elche 11-2 in 1960.
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