Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot as Real Madrid recorded a 4-1 win over Valencia in Saturday afternoon's pulsating La Liga clash at the Mestalla.
The result has seen Real Madrid move to within two points of third-placed Valencia, but the Spanish champions are still 16 points off league leaders Barcelona.
Read how it all unfolded in Sports Mole's minute-by-minute live commentary of the action below.
👌 ¡Vestuario preparado, equipo! 👕👟
— Valencia CF (@valenciacf) January 27, 2018
👉 ¿Cuál es vuestro pronóstico de hoy?#AmuntValencia #ValenciaRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/4uSYPVFRqR
VALENCIA: Neto; Montoya, Coquelin, Garay, Lato; Guedes, Parejo, Kondogbia, Gaya; Mina, Rodrigo
REAL: Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo; Casemiro, Modric, Kroos; Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale
279 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale will start a game together for Real Madrid in all competitions for the first time since 23rd April 2017 against Barcelona in La Liga, 279 days ago. Trio. pic.twitter.com/MYTZ7o1KGX
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 27, 2018
🏟⬅🚌 ¡De camino a Mestalla!#RMLiga | #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/DMU3hcKHXU
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) January 27, 2018
2 - Valencia have only won two of their last 17 games against Real Madrid in La Liga (D6 L9), the last one at the Mestalla in February 2017. Precedent. pic.twitter.com/SSfEsO0fYP
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 27, 2018