Bale Scores In His 7th Consecutive La Liga Game To Help Madrid Beat Leganes

There is life after Ronaldo, and Gareth Bale has stepped into The Portugues Player’s Shoe at Real Madrid. Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale continued their good goalscoring form since Cristiano Ronaldo’s exit as Real Madrid beat Leganes in La Liga.

Bale opened the scoring with a powerful effort, the seventh consecutive La Liga game in which he has scored.

Guido Carrillo equalised with a penalty but Benzema then headed in a goal awarded by the video assistant referee.

He then blasted in a fine second – his fourth goal in two games – before Sergio Ramos added a penalty.

Benzema has now scored five goals in four games this season, with Bale scoring three. Ronaldo, meanwhile, has yet to score his first goal for Juventus after three Serie A matches – although his side has won all three games.

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtous made his Real debut but had a quiet night, only facing three shots on target including the penalty by Southampton loanee Carrillo.

Julen Lopetegui’s Real are the only team to win their opening three La Liga games, although champions Barcelona can emulate them when they host Huesca on Sunday