Real Madrid 5-2 Osasuna: Cristiano Ronaldo scores on return

Real Madrid made history by winning their 15th consecutive La Liga match with a 5-2 rout of newly promoted Osasuna at the Bernabeu.

Goals from the returning Cristiano Ronaldo, Danilo and Sergio Ramos gave Zinedine Zidane’s side a commanding 3-0 half-time lead.

Pepe then headed a fourth after 55 minutes, before Luka Modric curled from the edge of the penalty area to make it 5-0. 

Osasuna looked to be heading towards a humiliating defeat whey staged a mini revival to save some dignity. 

Oier planted a wonderful header into the far post past Kiko Casilla before David Garcia managed to nestle a header into the net from a Roberto Torres cross.

The visitors spurned a golden opportunity when Torres had a feeble penalty attempt saved shortly before he turned provider. 

Victory means Zidane's Madrid equalled Miguel Munoz's 1960/61 side with 15 consecutive league wins - a club record. It also continues the hosts' 100% start to the season while Osasuna are still looking for their first win.

Ronaldo marked his return to the starting line-up after being sidelined since the summer with a simple back-post tap-in after just six minutes when Gareth Bale rolled the ball to him.

Danilo doubled the lead on the 40-minute mark when Ronaldo’s scooped cross from deep insider the Osasuna penalty area was parried by Nauzet Perez into the full-back’s path. The Brazilian took one touch before blasting a low drive into the right-hand corner from the edge of the penalty area.

The visitors were unlucky to go two behind after Unai Garcia smashed the Real Madrid crossbar with a towering header moments before Danilo struck.

Their bad luck was compounded in time added on at the end of the half-time when an unmarked Ramos met a Toni Kroos corner to plant a header home for his first goal of the campaign.

Embarrassing as the scoreline was, it got worse after the interval. Pepe scored ten minutes after the re-start with a header Perez should have done better to keep out. The ‘keeper seemed to shovel the ball behind him after the Portuguese defender for the better of Miguel Flano.

Modric scored a classy fifth shortly after the hour mark with a curling effort from the edge of the penalty area. Osasuna manager Enrique Martin will feel aggrieved after replays showed Morata was in an offside position when he teed up the Croatian.

Soon after the visitors got a consolation when Oier planted perfectly guided header from Miguel de las Cuevas’ cross past Casilla and it should have been 5-2 soon after but substitute Roberto Torres’ penalty was easily saved by Casilla, who gave away the penalty when he hauled down Jaime, down to his right.

Osasuna did eventually get their second in the 78th minute when Garcia scored an incredible unorthodox header but the margin was too great by then and Madrid cruised into the record books.