Ronaldo relieved as Madrid edge five-goal thriller

Cristiano Ronaldo's first La Liga objective for over a month guaranteed Real Madrid shut the hole on La Liga pioneers Barcelona to seven focuses by pressing past battling Malaga 3-2 on Saturday. 

Ronaldo's alleviation was clear to see when he let go home the bounce back subsequent to seeing his punishment spared by Roberto 15 minutes from time. 

In the first place half objectives from Karim Benzema and Casemiro had twice put the European champions in front. 

Be that as it may, their guarded fragilities without harmed skipper Sergio Ramos were additionally uncovered as Diego Rolan and Chory Castro twice leveled for Malaga, who stay in the assignment zone. 

"We are satisfied with the outcome in light of the fact that the group indicated character with time heading out to score the third," said Madrid supervisor Zinedine Zidane. 

"There were a lot of good things, yet in addition things we would not like to see." 

Ronaldo's champ does however put some weight on Barca when they go to Valencia for a best of-the-table conflict on Sunday (1945GMT). 

The Catalans will be floated however by Lionel Messi finishing theory over his future by at long last marking an agreement augmentation to 2021 prior on Saturday. 

Genuine looked set to shake off their current association battles in a predominant begin as Ronaldo likewise had his impact for Benzema's opener after only nine minutes. 

The World Player of the Year rose most elevated at the back post and when his header returned off the point of post and bar, the unmarked Benzema had the basic undertaking of gesturing into a vacant net. 

Be that as it may, a slack go from Toni Kroos on the edge of his own container gave Malaga a course over into the diversion on 18 minutes. 

Keko jumped on the German World Cup champ's blessing and his cross was placidly chested down and opened past Kiko Casilla by Rolan. 

"We can play better without a doubt, it is genuine we gave the ball away excessively," included Zidane. 

"We will be certain in light of the fact that today we've taken the three focuses, yet we can improve. 

"We might all want to (win) five, six or seven recreations consecutively, however despite everything we have time." 

- Roberto to the save - 

Equality just kept going three minutes for the guests however, as Kroos offered some kind of reparation with a corner from which Casemiro fueled home. 

Benzema and Ronaldo had a lot of opportunities to enhance their pitiful goalscoring restores this season with the Frenchman initially to pull an awesome shot past the far post. 

Roberto at that point denied Ronaldo from short proximity before delivering a considerably all the more staggering stop by jumping to one side to hook away an effective header from the Portuguese. 

Madrid's fans had griped before commence at their apparent brutal treatment from arbitrators this season, yet it was the hosts who were given a let off from the authorities on the stroke of half-time. 

Paul Baysse's header hoped to have leveled with the last touch of the half, however the French safeguard was punished for a push on Dani Carvajal. 

Malaga leveled just before the hour stamp on account of some cataclysmic goalkeeping from Casilla as he let Castro's drive from 25 yards sneak past his grip into the base corner. 

Ronaldo saw another possibility disappear as he neglected to make any association on Raphael Varane's knockdown minutes after the fact. 

In any case, his minute came when substitute Luka Modric was stumbled inside the zone and official Jesus Gil Manzano granted Real their first punishment in La Liga this season. 

Ronaldo still couldn't discover a path past Roberto with his first exertion, however followed up to crush home the bounce back to stay away from Real's title chances enduring another extreme blow.