Real Madrid 5 Almeria 0

 Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in Real Madrid's thumping La Liga victory over hosts Almeria before limping off shortly after half-time.

Ronaldo touched in from Isco's cross in the third minute, but hobbled off at the start of the second half after appearing to sustain a muscular injury.

Karim Benzema added a second from distance before Gareth Bale tapped in.

The impressive Isco scored a fourth from the edge of the area and Alvaro Morata chipped in the fifth.

The victory leaves Real six points behind leaders Barcelona, who beat Granada 4-0.

Ronaldo made the most of poor Almeria defending to guide in from Isco's ball from the right and score his 35th goal in 25 appearances.

But, largely thanks to fine goalkeeping from Esteban, the visitors' advantage was kept to one goal at the break.

They stretched clear despite Ronaldo limping off, though, with Benzema collecting the ball at the end of a Jese run and scoring from the edge of the area.

Bale seized on Sebastian Dubarbier's error to score his fifth goal since joining from Tottenham in the summer.

Isco then produced a clever finish from the edge of the area for a fourth Real goal before substitute Morata broke the offside trap to lob Esteban, with Casemiro only denied a sixth by the post.


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