Levante 0-5 Real Madrid
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Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 10 times in his past four La Liga matches
Real Madrid warmed up for their Champions League game at Liverpool on Wednesday with a convincing La Liga victory at struggling Levante.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring with a penalty after Juanfran fouled Javier Hernandez, who then put his side 2-0 ahead with a close-range header.
Ronaldo finished off a counter-attack for his 10th goal in four league games.
James Rodriguez then scored from Toni Kroos's through-ball, before Isco added a fifth from outside the penalty area.
Ronaldo's two goals means he has scored 15 league goals in eight matches - a new La Liga record. The previous best goalscoring start to a campaign had come in 1943-44 when Oviedo's Esteban Echevarria netted 14 times.
The victory takes Real Madrid up to second in La Liga, though Valencia and Sevilla - third and fourth respectively - play their respective games in hand on Sunday.
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"This season, Manchester City are belatedly finding out what it is like when Sergio Aguero stays fit, and so are the opposition. So far in the 2014-15 campaign, Aguero trails only Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar in the list of the top marksmen's minutes-per-goal in Europe's leading five leagues - Spain, Germany, England, France and Italy - helping his side into second place, and keeping Premier League leaders Chelsea in their sights." |
With Wednesday's match at Anfield in mind, Gareth Bale dropped to the Real substitutes' bench and was not used.
But his team barely missed him as they took their goal tally to 30 in eight league matches.
Ronaldo needed only 13 minutes to opening the scoring, converting a penalty following Juanfran's foul on striker Hernandez, who is on loan from Manchester United.
The Mexican, playing in place of the ill Karim Benzema, made it 2-0 by heading in Rodriguez's cross.
Ronaldo extended the visitors' lead after dribbling past two defenders following a counter-attack started by Isco.
Cristiano Ronaldo's goalscoring run in La Liga | |
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18 October: Two (Levante 0-5 Real Madrid) | 5 October: Three (Real Madrid 5-0 v Athletic Bilbao) |
27 September: One (Villarreal 0-2 Real Madrid) | 23 September: Four (Real Madrid 5-1 Elche) |
Things got worse for the hosts when Rodriguez scored five minutes later, deftly controlling Kroos's lobbed pass with his chest before firing the ball home.
Isco completed the scoring in the 82nd minute as Real recorded their second successive 5-0 La Liga victory, after beating Athletic Bilbao by the same score on 5 October.
Levante have only netted four times in eight games, and their best chance fell to Victor Camarasa but his volley was cleared off the line by Luka Modric.
Carlo Ancelotti's side have won their two Champions League games and play Liverpool on Wednesday
Real Madrid fans have seen their team score 30 goals in eight La Liga matches
James Rodriguez celebrates with Daniel Carvajal (left) and Javier Hernandez after scoring the fourth goal
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