Returning Ronaldo on target as Real Madrid set record

Cristiano Ronaldo made a goalscoring return to the Real Madrid line-up as they ran riot in a 5-2 battering of Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.

The talismanic forward had not played a competitive fixture since injuring his left knee during Portugal’s Euro 2016 final victory over France on July 10.

However, Ronaldo made up for lost time by opening his account for the campaign with a simple tap-in, after selfless play from Gareth Bale.

And it was cruise control for Madrid when two goals in the last five minutes of the first half, from Danilo and Sergio Ramos, made it 3-0 at the break.

Pepe’s header and a fine drive from Luka Modric extended the lead in the second half, before Osasuna mounted a rally with goals from Oriol Riera and David Garcia either side of a missed penalty from Roberto Torres.

Tano’s late red card meant Osasuna finished with 10 men, as Zinedine Zidane’s side maintained their 100 per cent winning start to LaLiga ahead of the start of their Champions League defence against Sporting CP on Wednesday.

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