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First Division - Day 11

Real Madrid 5 - Rayo Vallecano 1

Madrid: Keylor Navas; Nacho, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Modric, Kroos, James (Isco 68’); Bale (Alvaro Medrán 84’), Benzema (Chicharito 84’), Cristiano Ronaldo. 4-3-3.
Rayo: Cristian Alvarez; Tito, Zé Castro, Abdoulaye Ba, Insúa (Quini 25’); Fatau, Trashorras (Jozabed 62’); Licá, Alberto Bueno, Kakuta; Leo Baptistao (Manucho 72’). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 09. Bale. Got on the end of Kroos centre to slide ball in from close up.
2-0. 40. Sergio Ramos. Turned ball in with knee following Kroos corner.
2-1. 44. Alberto Bueno. From close to goal after Leo intercepted James pass.
3-1. 55. Kroos. Curled low shot past Alvarez after Ronaldo laid ball across.
4-1. 59. Benzema. Got on the end of Ronaldo shot to steer ball past keeper.
5-1. 83. Ronaldo. Picked up Isco pass and struck shot through legs of keeper.

Yellow cards: Fatau 45’, Tito 56’, Licá 79’, Quini 92’.

Real Madrid stay in first place after a convincing 5-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano on Saturday evening, and after thirteen straight wins in all competitions they are already looking like strong favourites for the title. Bale was back in the side after a short injury lay-off, and he took less than ten minutes to open the scoring after Kroos crossed in from left of the area. Rayo were not to be daunted though, and Leo Baptistao and Alberto Bueno both brought good saves out of Keylor Navas, a surprise inclusion in the line-up as Ancelotti decided to give Casillas a rest. James tested Cristian Alvarez and Benzema headed against the bar in response, and with five minutes to go to the break Sergio Ramos turned a Kroos corner in to the net with his knee to make it two. However four minutes later Baptistao intercepted a poor pass by James to set up Bueno to get one back, and soon after the restart Baptistao got the ball in the net on a quick breakaway only for the strike to be ruled out for a borderline offside. Within ten minutes though any hope of a comeback ended, Kroos curling a shot past Alvarez after Ronaldo laid the ball back to him, and Benzema connecting with a wayward shot from Ronaldo to score a fourth, the referee waving away good claims for offside. Bale saw his shot pushed onto the crossbar by Alvarez after that, and with seven minutes to go Ronaldo inevitably got his name on the scoresheet as well, the keeper letting his soft shot through his hands and in to the net. It was a record eighteenth of the season for the Portuguese superstar, and kept up his record of scoring in the Bernabeu in every league game since September last year.