Updated 18.35
CRISTIANO RONALDO SCORED his 226th La Liga goal (and his 227th, 228th, 229th and 230th) as Real Madrid thumped Espanyol 6-0.
Ronaldo equalled Raul’s league record with a quick-fire hattrick inside the opening 20 minutes.
Karim Benzema added a fourth before the break but it was the Ronaldo show again as he scored again in the 61st and 81st minutes to cap a fine day’s work.
Here’s Ronaldo’s hattrick:
Here’s the counter-attack that led to his fourth:
And here’s the fifth: