MADRID: World Player of the Year Ronaldo was in devastating form as he fired a brilliant hat-trick to help Real Madrid to a 5-1 away win over a demoralised Alaves and send his side top of the Spanish First Division on Saturday.
Spanish international Raul weighed in with two trademark opportunist strikes to put the pressure on Real Sociedad who will need to win their match at Valladolid on Sunday if they want to recover the top spot from the European champions.
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