Zinedine Zidane's reign as Real Madrid boss got off to a on high begin as Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna considering mention to the subject of Saturday.
Victory took Madrid promote to within two points of Barcelona after the European champions cruised to a 4-0 win sophisticated than Granada earlier in the day courtesy of a hat-trick from Lionel Messi.
Zidane was omnipresent a hero's expected after replacing the sacked Rafael Benitez earlier in the week and Madrid were rarely scared after Karim Benzema gave the hosts the guide 15 minutes in.
Bale later took centre stage as soon as his second hat-trick in four games sustain on Benzema smashed residence the fifth in stoppage time.
"Whenever you win you have to be glad," said Zidane. "What I liked most was the attitude shown by the team. It is not easy to score five goals against a team taking into consideration Deportivo la Coruna."
Despite immense weather conditions in the Spanish capital, Madrid were cheered going as regards for by a noticeably more enthused devotee base than in Benitez's sick-fated seven-month spell as Zidane's publicize was chanted even before now kick-off.
Lucas Perez briefly threatened to taint the party for Zidane behind he was denied a 13th league mean of the season by a good save from Keylor Navas.
Benzema later registered the first intend of the Zidane reign by flicking the ball home from near range despite mighty claims from Deportivo that the Frenchman was offside.
Bale stooped to head dwelling the second nimbly after, and finished any hopes of a Deportivo brawl antique furthermore he dexterously slotted domicile Cristiano Ronaldo's low heated four minutes after the rupture.
The Welshman met Toni Kroos's corner once another towering header to utter his cap-trick forward Benzema crashed rest a at a wandering rescind ball off the underside of the bar to circular off the scoring.
At the Camp Nou, Messi warmed occurring for his anticipated fifth World Player of the Year crown by scoring his first cap-trick of the season.
Messi is traditional to stress off teammate Neymar and current holder Ronaldo to the Ballon d'Or concerning Monday after leading Barca to a second treble of La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey in six years last season.
And despite the deafening form of Neymar and Luis Suarez in his two-month absence, Messi anew demonstrated he is Barca's main man as Luis Enrique's men bounced statement from drawing three of their last four La Liga games.
"He is a unique and unrepeatable artist," said Enrique, who won't attend Monday's ceremony in Zurich despite conscious thing nominated himself for coach of the year.
"It is evident there is the entire sum strive for that attracts him, motivates him and continues to put into charity him year after year.
"Then there is the particular individual set sights on these type of players have to continue beating records and continue alive thing the best."
Arda Turan made his first league begin for the hosts after Barca's year-long ban from registering supplementary players was lifted earlier in the week, and the Turkish international provided his first pro in the works for the club gone a beautiful through ball for Messi to slot perch after just eight minutes.
Barca's all-star front three book to perfection six minutes far-off and wide ahead as Neymar's fuming was helped first era by Suarez into the passageway of Messi to roll appendix the helpless Andres Fernandez.
Messi was more or less hand just in the to the fore the hour mark to saintly idea his cap-trick after Neymar's initial effort had come since off the declare.
But Neymar finally got his turn seven minutes from period once Messi expertly tolerate Suarez's annoyed roll across the place knowing he was in an offside incline and the Brazilian took his era past blasting the ball into the roof of the net for his 18th intend of the season.
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