Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed four goals to take his season’s tally to 33 as Real Madrid crushed Sevilla 6-2 on Saturday to keep their slim hopes of beating Barcelona to the La Liga title alive. Real faced Sevilla on the back of tumultuous double header with Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final where they were beaten by their bitter rivals.
Looking to restore pride, coach Jose Mourinho played a full strength side against a Sevilla team in the fight for a place in the Europa League. Frenchman Karim Benzema missed a glaring chance early on but finally the Real pressure told as Sergio Ramos headed home a corner. Ronaldo extended the lead after bringing down a pass from Pepe and firing past the keeper before Kaka hit a third as Real dominated.
In the second half Sevilla threatened a comeback with an Alvaro Negredo goal before Ronaldo struck three more times to take his league tally to 33 goals, two more than Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. Negredo wrapped up the scoring with what was only a consolation for Sevilla.
