By Chris Wright
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a couple of crackers on his way to yet another hat-trick as Real Madrid reversed their Copa Del Rey last-16 first leg defeat against Celta Vigo by coasting to a 4-0 yomp in the Bernabeu on Wednesday night – Sami Khedira steering the fourth home with a couple of minutes left to play.
Ronaldo’s first and best goal of the evening was a trademark speculative tomahawk from out on the left flank that found it’s intended target and nestled sweetly inside Celta Vigo ‘keeper Sergio Alvarez’s left-hand post…
The only blot on Madrid’s copy book was the sending-off of Sergio Ramos (who probably has as many red cards for Los Blancos as Ronaldo has hat-tricks!) for indiscriminately ramming his studs into Augusto Fernandez’s chin region and thus picking up his second yellow of the night…
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