Karim Benzema scored his third hat-trick this month in a whip-cracking display against Almeira at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday evening.
2022/2023 La Liga
4-2
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
3' Benzema's shot stopped by goalkeeper
5' GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Almería (Benzema)
17' GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Almería (Benzema)
26' CLOSE! Ramazani’s header wide out
37' Yellow Card! Vinicius booked
42' Penalty Goal! Real Madrid 3-0 Almería (Benzema)
46' GOAL! Real Madrid 3-1 Almería (Lázaro)
47' GOAL! Real Madrid 4-1 Almería (Rodrygo)
61' GOAL! Real Madrid 4-2 Almería (Lucas Robertone)
67' Yellow Card! Houboulang Mendes booked
86' OFF THE POST! Benzema nearly scores for Real Madrid!
The Spanish side previously lost by the same score-line on the road in mid-week against Girona.
The Frenchman opened the scoring just five minutes in before netting the next two within the first half.
But Almeria refused to be unbowed going into the break and Lazaro swiped their opener one minute into added time before the half-time whistle.
As play restarted Rodrygo looked to join in on his team-mate's fun, and a quick change from Almeria paid dividends as Lucas Robertone came on in the 57th minute and scored just four minutes later.
Adding to the frantic nature of the match, Rodrygo had a second goal chalked off by VAR, and technology intervened once again to rule out a penalty for Los Blancos after Benzema was seen to foul Rodrigo Ely in the build up.
Minutes before the final whistle, Eduardo Camavinga looked to get on the scoresheet, but his header was quickly ruled out for offside.
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Benzema, Kroos, Courtois, Rudiger, Vazquez, Ceballos, Militao, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Eduardo Camavinga
Subs: Hazard, Nacho, Carvajal, Mariano, Odriozola, Vallejo, Asensio, Valverde, Andriy Lunin, Luis López
Almería XI: F.Portillo, Fernando Martínez, César de la Hoz, Ely, Chumi, Houboulang Mendes, Sergio Akieme, Arnau Martinez, Lázaro, Ramazani, Samú Costa
Subs: Diego Mariño, Dyego Sousa, Iñigo Eguaras, Baptistao, Adrián Embarba, Melero, Pozo, Luis Suárez, Lucas Robertone, Álex Centelles, Marciano Sanca