Spanish La Liga: Real Madrid 3 - 0 Athletic Bilbao - Striker Benzema nets thrice

Real Madrid French striker Karim Benzema celebrates after scoring a hat-trick against Athletic Bilbao - 90min

Two second-half headers and an injury time third from Karim Benzema handed Real Madrid a much needed 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao that closed the gap from second placed Atletico Madrid to four points in La Liga.


With nothing left to play for this season, the match failed to spark into any life and
Madrid struggled to penetrate the Athletic defence, with plenty of free kicks bringing the home side no joy in a niggly first half that saw no less than 14 fouls.

Real Madrid Manager Zinedine Zidane - 90min 

Benzema wrapped the points up with a well deserved hat trick in a match where Madrid were rarely tested, handing Zidane a morale-boosting win in a season to forget for Los Blancos.

Benzema...eight goals⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽ - As posted on Real Madrid official Twitter account 👇👇

⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️@Benzema has scored our last EIGHT league goals and has beaten a club record set by Puskas, who netted seven consecutive goals in the 1961/62 league season! #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/fvPUbntN1h

— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) April 21, 2019