{"id":63427,"date":"2014-11-09T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T11:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=63427"},"modified":"2014-11-09T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T11:52:19","slug":"real-madrid-thrash-rayo-home-stay-top-la-liga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=63427","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid thrash Rayo at home to stay top of La Liga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for the 10th straight league game and Gareth Bale found the net on his return from injury as Real Madrid crushed Rayo Vallecano to restore their two-point league lead.<\/p>\n

Bale opened the scoring when he turned in a low cross from Toni Kroos.<\/p>\n

Sergio Ramos made it 2-0 from a corner but Alberto Bueno pulled one back after a James Rodriguez mistake.<\/p>\n

Kroos scored from 25 yards and Karim Benzema tapped in before Ronaldo scored a breakaway goal to complete the rout.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese star now has a staggering 23 goals in all competitions this season, including 18 in 10 league appearances.<\/p>\n

Real had briefly been\u00a0deposed as league leaders by Barcelona on Saturday,\u00a0but responded in typical style.<\/p>\n

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Goal machine<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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Real have scored at least five goals in five of their last eight league matches<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The European champions are averaging four goals per game in their last 13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Bale, preferred to Isco in the starting line-up after recovering from a muscle injury, took only nine minutes to get on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo fed Kroos down the left and the German’s low cross http:\/\/premier-pharmacy.com\/product\/tramadol\/<\/a> left Bale with a simple tap-in.<\/p>\n

Benzema headed against the bar from a corner, but Real extended their lead from the next set-piece as Ramos stuck out a thigh to loop the ball past Cristian Alvarez.<\/p>\n

On the stroke of half-time, James Rodriguez handed the visitors a life-line as he inexplicably gifted the ball to Leo Baptistao.<\/p>\n

Rayo’s top-scorer calmly passed to Alberto Bueno, who rounded goalkeeper Kelor Navas and slotted home.<\/p>\n

Any danger to Real’s supremacy was snuffed out in the space of four second-half minutes. Ronaldo set up Kroos to curl a fine low shot into the corner, and Benzema tapped in the Portuguese’s cross, albeit from an offside position.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo’s inevitable goal arrived seven minutes from time as he burst onto Isco’s through-ball, cut inside and released a shot, which squirmed under Alvarez’s body.<\/p>\n

\"Cristiano<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo received the Golden Boot for European top scorer before kick-off<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Gareth<\/p>\n

Gareth Bale was returning from a five-game absence from the starting line-up<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Toni<\/p>\n

Toni Kroos helped Germany win the 2014 World Cup in Brazil<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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