Soccer-Asensio hat-trick, Benzema double as Real hit Mallorca for six

Soccer Football - LaLiga - Real Madrid v RCD Mallorca - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - September 22, 2021 Real Madrid's Marco Asensio scores their third goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez

MADRID (Reuters) -Real Madrid forward Marcos Asensio grabbed a hat-trick and Karim Benzema struck twice as Carlo Ancelotti's free-scoring side crushed Mallorca 6-1 at home in LaLiga on Wednesday.

Benzema opened the scoring in the third minute and Asensio netted against his old club in the 24th but the visitors' South Korean forward Lee Kang-in pulled one back moments later with an outstanding individual run and finish.