La Liga midweek round-up: Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo destroy Sevilla

Bale and Ronaldo destroy Sevilla

Real Madrid 7-3 Sevilla FC:

Cristiano Ronaldo‘s blistering form continues, as he scored yet another hat-trick to guide his team to a 7-3 victory over Sevilla FC. Big money signing Gareth Bale too scored 2 goals and set up 2. The other two goals were scored by French striker Karim Benzema.

After a tough first two months in Spain, Bale is slowly returning to his old form. This victory took Real Madrid’s points tally to 25 from 11 games. They are placed at the third position behind rivals Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

Barcelona 3-0 Celta Vigo:

Barcelona’s unbeaten run continues in La Liga, as they cruised past Celta Vigo. They registered their 10th victory in 11 games so far in the league. Alexis Sanchez, who is in great form, scored the first goal.

The second one was an own goal scored by Celta Vigo goal-keeper, Rodriguez Oterino and Cesc Fabregas scored the third.

Barcelona remained at the number one position in the league table above Atletico Madrid.

In the other games in La Liga, Espanyol held Malaga for a stalemate, Real Valladolid drew against Real Sociedad 2-2. Almeria and Osasuna defeated Valencia and Ray0 Vallecano 2-1 and 3-1 respectively.