Hat-trick hero Vinicius Junior leads Real Madrid to a much-needed La Liga win against Osasuna

After back-to-back defeats against Barcelona and AC Milan, Real Madrid returned to winning ways on Saturday – doing so in emphatic fashion. Carlo Ancelotti's side cruised to victory against Osasuna, finishing 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu.

It's a mixed first half for Real Madrid, who opened the scoring after 34 minutes courtesy of Vinicius Junior. However, they had lost Rodrygo Goes and Eder Militao to injury before this point – and in the case of the latter, there are serious fears that he ruptured his ACL for the second straight season.

Five minutes before half time, Jude Bellingham finally scored his first goal of the season after a wonderful assist from the young defender Raul Asencio, who had replaced Militao after his injury.

In the second half, two goals in 10 minutes allowed Vinicius to complete his second hat-trick of the season. He did wonderfully well to collect an Andriy Lunin pass for his brace, first being set up by Brahim Diaz for his third of the afternoon.

The result takes Real Madrid back to six points behind Barcelona, ​​after having played the same number of games. However, the league leaders can restore the nine-point buffer with a win at Real Sociedad on Sunday night.