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Real Madrid 3-0 Celta: Record breaking Ronaldo
extends Blancos' winning streak
The Portuguese star scored all three goals for his
side, netting his 200th Liga goal with his 23rd
hat-trick - breaking the record in the Spanish top
flight
Dec 6, 2014 21:52:00
Cristiano Ronaldo moved to 200 La Liga goals
with a record 23rd Spanish top-flight hat-trick in
Real Madrid 's 3-0 win over Celta.
The Portugal star celebrated his Ballon d'Or
nomination in stunning style by scoring all three
goals in a routine win, which also saw Real equal
Barcelona's all-time Spanish record of 18
consecutive wins in all competitions from the
2005-06 season.
The former Manchester United forward netted his
first in dubious fashion as he converted a
controversial penalty after he was deemed to
have been fouled inside the area.
There was little doubt about the other two,
though, as Ronaldo shrugged off several
uncharacteristic misses to send Real on their way
to a comfortable triumph.
Ronaldo scored his second with 25 minutes to go,
firing in from the edge of the area, before
completing his landmark hat-trick in the dying
stages.
Victory sees Real consolidate their place at the
top of the table, though all of the attention will be
on Ronaldo and whether Carlo Ancelotti's men
can break Barca's tally when they host
Ludogorets in the Champions League on Tuesday.
With the record in their sight, Real poured men
forward relentlessly right from the start and
somehow failed to take a lead in the first 10
minutes.
Sergio Alvarez got down well to keep out a
Ronaldo header after he met Toni Kroos' corner
and diverted towards goal, and Sergio Ramos –
making his 300th Liga appearance for Real –
sliced the rebound wide from five yards out.
Ronaldo looked destined to break the deadlock
three minutes later as he raced on to James
Rodriguez's low cross, but Jonny Castro's last-
ditch intervention was timed to perfection.
And the 29-year-old's frustrations grew a few
moments later, as his acrobatic scissor-kick
landed on the roof of the net.
Ronaldo eventually got his goal, though, as he
stroked home a 36th-minute penalty after Castro
was adjudged to have tripped him just inside the
area.
Real were denied a two-goal margin at the
interval, as Alvarez palmed away Rodriguez's
controlled 18-yard effort.
Celta looked threatening at the start of the second
half, as Fabian Orellana fired agonisingly wide of
the post after skipping past Dani Carvajal.
Real capitalised on that let-off and doubled their
advantage in the 65th minute as Ronaldo pounced
on a loose bouncing ball just outside the area and
fired past the helpless Alvarez.
And Ronaldo completed the scoring with nine
minutes to go, tapping in Marcelo's low cross to
claim, surpassing Telmo Zarra and Alfredo Di
Stefano's hat-tricks haul.
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