Eden Hazard scored first his goal for Real Madrid in over a year as Los Blancos thrashed Huesca to move top of LaLiga on Saturday.
LaLiga
Result: Real Madrid 4-1 Huesca
Date: 31 October 2020
Venue: Santiago Bernabeu
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Hazard earned his first start for the season after coming off the bench in the UEFA Champions League while Luka Modric and Marcelo were also re-called.
It was the visitors who nearly got the opening goal as Raffa Mir latched onto Maffeo's pass before sending a low strike inches wide of the upright on seven minutes.
Mir then had the ball in the back of the net on 20 minutes after lobbing Thibaut Courtois, but the strike was ruled out for an offside.
When it looked as if the sides would go into the break all square, Hazard stepped up to break the deadlock for Los Blancos with a superb strike on 40 minutes.
The hosts managed to bag a second goal five minutes later as Benzema found the back of the net from a tight angle.
Benzema then turned provider for Los Blancos' third 10 minutes into the second to set up Federico Valverde, who drilled the ball into the bottom corner.
Heusca did managed to pull a goal back in the 71st minute through David Ferreiro's neat finish past Courtois after some good work by Mir.
However, Benzema wrapped up the win for Los Blancos on 90 minutes with a neat header off Rodrygo's cross as the defending champions regain top spot.
