Cristiano Ronaldo cannot stop scoring. With his third hat-trick in four games and an assist for Karim Benzema as well, the Portuguese led Real Madrid to a 5-0 thrashing of Athletic Club at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday and moved into serious contention for a third Ballon d'Or. At this rate, it is hard to see how anyone will stop him.
Ronaldo headed home within three minutes to give Madrid an early lead, added another midway through the first half following a Gareth Bale ball from the right and sealed his hat-trick right at the end as he turned in Pepe's shot with his hip.
It was his 22nd hat-trick in La Liga for Madrid, equalling a long-standing Primera Division mark jointly held by Real legend Alfredo Di Stefano and Athletic's Telmo Zarra and it was perhaps appropriate that he should draw level with the pair in a meeting between their two sides.
Cristiano began the season with 19 triples in La Liga, but hit a 20th in the 8-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on September 20, added another (which included two penalties and four goals in total) in the 5-1 win over Elche three days later and secured his third on Sunday.
Those three goals mean the Portuguese has already hit 13 in his six league appearances this term to average over two per game in the Primera Division. In total, he has 17 goals in just 11 games in 2014-15 - a tally that represents his greatest-ever season start in terms of goalscoring.
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