REAL MADRID 5 SEVILLA 0: RONALDO LEADS BLISTERING BERNABEU ROUT

REAL MADRID 5 SEVILLA 0: RONALDO LEADS BLISTERING BERNABEU ROUT 

Two objectives from Ballon d'Or-champ Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid to a 5-0 whipping of Sevilla.

REAL MADRID 5 SEVILLA 0: RONALDO LEADS BLISTERING BERNABEU ROUT 

Cristiano Ronaldo topped an effective week by driving Real Madrid to a 5-0 devastation of Sevilla in Saturday's LaLiga conflict at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The 32-year-old, who on Thursday was reported as the victor of the Ballon d'Or for the fifth time in his profession, scored twice in a staggering execution from the champions that saw them incidentally near inside five purposes of pioneers Barcelona.

Every one of the five objectives arrived in a stunning first half, in which Sevilla's protective frailties were mercilessly uncovered by a Madrid side who counter-assaulted in clinical form to record a fifth alliance win at home in succession.

Nacho Fernandez opened the scoring in the third moment after Eduardo Berizzo's side neglected to clear a corner, before Ronaldo put the champions in charge with a formed complete and a punishment soon after the half-hour stamp to take his count to 25 objectives in 15 group recreations against the Andalusians.

Toni Kroos at that point scored without precedent for LaLiga since the opening-day win at Deportivo La Coruna after Ronaldo won back ownership in his own half, before Achraf Hakimi got his first objective for the club four minutes after the fact toward the finish of a stupendous half from Zinedine Zidane's side.

The triumph sets up Madrid well for their Club World Cup abuses in the United Arab Emirates one week from now and makes an impression on Barca in front of the Clasico on December 23, while Ronaldo's indicating will add weight to his shocking case this week that he is the best footballer ever.

Sevilla had lost on their last eight visits to the Santiago Bernabeu and their ninth looked bound to be minimal better in just the third moment, with Nacho controlling a free ball from a corner before terminating past Sergio Rico.

A decent spell of ownership from the guests finished with them being 2-0 down 23 minutes in. Marco Asensio softened forward and played up Ronaldo – who paraded his five Ballons d'Or to the group before commence – to space home from simply inside the territory.

Ronaldo pressed a punishment underneath Rico following 31 minutes following a silly handball from Jesus Navas, and the Portugal star assumed a key part in Madrid's fourth, winning back ownership close to the midway line and discharging Kroos, who consolidated expertly with Lucas Vazquez before dispatching a created wrap up.

It deteriorated for Sevilla before the break, with Achraf hustling onto Karim Benzema's pass and side-balance into the left-hand corner from the correct side of the territory, leaving Rico to gaze shell-stunned at his protectors.

Sevilla tried Keylor Navas ahead of schedule in the second half, with Nolito and Luis Muriel both denied in the wake of discovering great positions in the punishment region, before Benzema looked a header off within the right-hand post from a plunging Marcelo cross.

Zidane took the risk to give some truly necessary minutes to substitutes Marcos Llorente and Dani Ceballos, and Ronaldo was shockingly pulled back for Isco with 15 minutes left, despite the fact that he didn't look excessively despondent as he strolled off, making it impossible to a stunning applause from the home fans.

Madrid will now change their consideration regarding the Club World Cup, before they come back to the capital for that immense standoff with Barca in two weeks.