First Division - Day 10

Alavés 1 - Real Madrid 4

Alavés: Pacheco; Kiko Femenía, Alexis, Feddal, Raúl García, Theo Hernández; Camarasa, Manu García (Krsticic 62’), Dani Torres (Christian Santos 83’); Deyverson, Edgar Méndez (Katai 67‘). 5-3-2.
Madrid: Keylor Navas; Danilo, Varane, Pepe (Nacho 24’), Marcelo; Kovacic, Kroos, Isco; Bale (Lucas Vázquez 87‘), Benzema (Morata 67’), Cristiano Ronaldo. 4-3-3.

Goals:
1-0. 07. Deyverson. Controlled Theo Hernández cross and fired shot past Navas.
1-1. 17. Ronaldo (penalty). After Bale free kick hit Deyverson on arm inside area.
1-2. 33. Ronaldo. Shot from edge of area which looped off Feddal past Pacheco.
1-3. 84. Morata. Ran on to long Marcelo clearance and lobbed shot over keeper.
1-4. 88. Ronaldo. Picked up return Marcelo pass and turned shot past Pacheco.

Yellow cards: Deyverson 16’, Dani Torres 39, Theo Hernández 52’, Bale 60’, Kiko Femenía 80’, Krsticic 86’.

Real Madrid are now two points clear at the top of the table after they came back from a goal down to beat Alavés 1-4 on Saturday afternoon. Deyverson gave the locals an early lead after Keylor Navas failed to cut out a Theo Hernández cross, the striker controlling the ball in front of goal before turning a shot in to the empty net. However Bale had a goal ruled out for a borderline offside soon afterwards, and with a quarter of an hour gone Ronaldo levelled the scores with a hotly disputed penalty after the referee ruled that Deyverson had blocked Bale’s free kick with his arm. Theo felt he should have had a penalty at the other end, but a few minutes later Ronaldo scored his second of the game, picking up a short pass from Benzema and firing in a shot which looped off the boot of Feddal past Pacheco. After the restart Navas had to save from Camarasa and Deyverson, but Ronaldo and Bale went close, and with a quarter of an hour to go Madrid were awarded a second penalty after Dani Torres brought down Ronaldo in the area. This time Pacheco saved the Portuguese forward’s spot kick, but five minutes or so later substitute Morata made it three after running on to a long ball from Marcelo, and Ronaldo finally did complete his hat-trick after combining with Marcelo near the end.