Cristiano Ronaldo smashed four past Girona in another sensational display of his unwavering skill.
Barcelona are running away with the Spanish league – leaving Lionel Messi first in line for personal accolades – but the ex-Man United man reminded the world of his talents with a sublime quadruple.
Cristiano Ronaldo smashed four passed Girona on their first Bernabeu tripREUTERS
Lucas Vazquez and sub Gareth Bale got on the scoresheet for the home side – with Christhian Stuani snatched an unlikely brace – but it was the 33-year-old icon who secured all of the headlines.
Ronaldo went close with an early free-kick that he spanked across the face of the goal but was beaten away by the Girona keeper Yassine Bounou.
Moments later Vazquez should have scored a one-on-one but again the Madrid finishing was not up to scratch.
Ron did finally score on 12 minutes and it was a sublime piece of technical skill for the Portuguese.
A Real corner was taken short and worked into the feet of German playmaker Toni Kroos.
Real icon Ronaldo scores all sorts of goals for club and countryREUTERS
Portugal star Ronaldo hit four more Real Madrid goalsAFP or licensors
The ball was pulled back into the path of the ex-Manchester United man and he connected sweetly to guide the ball home with his left foot.
Vazquez then had goal ruled out for offside but he was in a legal position and had two of his team-mates to blame for straying offside.
After a string of missed chances it was a moment of miserable defending that cost the home side.
Woeful dithering at the back almost let Girona in but they were eventually forced wide where the danger seemed to be averted.
But Daniel Carvajal committed a ridiculously obvious foul and gave away cheap wide free-kick.
Alejandro Granell whipped the ball away from goal but Stuani’s movement and powerful neck helped hammer the ball goalward and beyond Kaylor Navas on 29 minutes.
On 36 mins the Galacticos almost regained the lead when Ronaldo passed on a dead-ball and let Asensio hit a free-kick that was well saved, allowing Girona to go in for the break on level terms.
Sadly for the visitors, they undid all their hard work just seconds into the second half.
Karim Benzema slipped the No9 in beyond the Girona defence and he smashed the ball in off the crossbar.
And 21 minutes later Vazquez extended Real’s lead with Ronaldo turning provider with a simple set-up.
Ronaldo now has 17 goals in his last eight matches in all competitionsREUTERS
And the 33-year-old was rewarded for his generosity inside five minutes when he completed his latest goal milestone, barrelling home a rebound after a save from Benzema.
On 67 minutes ex-Riverside star Stuani rose hightest in the Madrid box to crash home his second header of the night.
Late substitute Bale made his play for a start in the upcoming Champions League clash with Juventus with a goal on 86 minutes.
And Girona got another consolation goal when defender Juanpe took advantage of more shameful Madrid defending.
But Ron went up the other end in injury time to add to his outrageous tally and guarantee the headlines and the ball belonged to him.
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