Real Madrid demolished Athletic Bilbao 5-0 in La Liga clash

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 22nd league hat-trick France international Kerim Benzema netted a brace Gareth Bale was also heavily involved by setting up two goals

Real have closed the gap with league leaders Barcelona to four points
Cristiano Ronaldo scored in his 14th consecutive home game as Real Madrid made light work of beating Athletic Bilbao. He also made it an incredible 22 league hat-tricks equalling the record held by Alfredo di Stefano and Telmo Zarra.

The 5-0 victory was a BBC production with 'Bale, Benzema and Cristiano' too much for the visitors – Gareth Bale set up two of Ronaldo's goals and Karim Benzema also scored twice with Ronaldo taking yet another match ball home.

'We are still getting better, this is still the start of the season' said the record breaking scorer. 'The BBC is working well. We are used to playing together and we keep scoring goals