Asensio bags hat-trick as Real Madrid hit Mallorca for six
SMA NEWS – MADRID
Real Madrid forward Marco Asensio grabbed a hat-trick and Karim Benzema struck twice as Carlo Ancelotti’s free-scoring side crushed Mallorca 6-1 at home in La Liga on Wednesday.
Benzema opened the scoring in the third minute and Asensio netted against his old club in the 24th but the visitor’s South Korean forward Lee Kang-in pulled one back moments later with an outstanding individual run and finish.
Asensio promptly restored Real’s two-goal advantage before the break before completing his first hat-trick at club level early in the second half with an emphatic finish, whipping the ball into the bottom corner from outside the area.
Benzema scored for the second time in the 78th minute to make it 200 La Liga goals for the Frenchman and Isco completed the rout six minutes from time to bring up 21 goals for Real from six games this season, making it the top scoring team in Europe’s top five leagues
