Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick as Zinedine Zidane began his reign as Real Madrid boss with a comprehensive win over Deportivo La Coruna.
Karim Benzema claimed his 100th league goal for the club with an early opener in the first game since the departure of previous manager Rafael Benitez.
Bale headed the second and found the bottom corner after the break before sealing his treble with another header.
Benzema hit a fifth to leave Real two points behind league leaders Barcelona.
Barca's comfortable 4-0 victory over Granada put added pressure on Real at the outset, and they could have been behind before Benzema opened the scoring.
Deportivo had lost just once in nine league games and started confidently, carving the Real defence wide open to create a chance for Lucas Perez, but his shot was blocked by goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
But from Toni Kroos' 15th-minute corner, Benzema flicked home a Sergio Ramos shot, despite Deportivo's justifiable claims that Bale was offside and interfering with play.
Bale doubled the advantage in the 23rd minute, heading home an inviting Dani Carvajal cross.
It was almost three before the interval as Ronaldo headed a Bale cross against a post at the culmination of another flowing team move.
Ronaldo turned provider after the break to find Bale, who coolly picked his spot from the edge of the area.
A richly deserved hat-trick arrived in the 64th minute thanks to another imperious leap to head home from close range.
It was Bale's last significant contribution before he was substituted to a standing ovation from the 70,000 crowd in the Santiago Bernabeu, while Ronaldo twice went close to making it five late on.
Benzema did just that in stoppage time, following up to find the net off the underside of the bar after Ronaldo had again been denied.
Did Zidane change much?
Not really. When you take over a side that had lost one of its previous nine games, scoring 36 goals in the process there isn't much need to.
There was a low-key acknowledgement of the rapturous welcome received from supporters for the 43-year-old - a couple of modest waves hinted at the Frenchman's desire not to be the centre of attention.
On this occasion his players certainly did all the talking.
The inclusion of the attack-minded Dani Carvajal in defence as one of two changes hinted at the way Zidane wants his full-backs to get forward more. He was repaid when the right-back, in for Danilo, set up the first of Bale's goals. And it was the kind of line-up the fans wanted to see.
What does he need to address?
There remains defensive frailties which would have been fully exploited by a better side than Deportivo.
The visitors should have taken the lead, and Zidane will have been alarmed at the ease his side allowed crosses into their area, especially in the first half. Plus a lack of communication between his centre-backs needs to be addressed.
Of course any side possessing Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema will score goals but, despite the clean sheet, Real look vulnerable at the other end.
Man of the match - Gareth Bale
As sporting director of Los Blancos, Zidane was instrumental in the Welshman's record-breaking £85.3m move to the Bernabeu from Tottenham in 2013 and he will continue to be a centre-piece of the new manager's plans if he keeps producing displays like this.
Bale didn't start off too well, and he should have been flagged offside as Benzema claimed Real's first goal. But from that point, the 26-year-old's contribution was wholly positive.
He departed to a hero's send-off when substituted towards the end, and the look of envy on Ronaldo's face conveyed how fine a performance it had been.
What Zidane said
"Whenever you win a match, then the coach can only be happy, and I'm happy. What I liked most of all was the attitude of everyone, those who played and those who didn't.
"Winning 5-0 isn't easy against a side like Deportivo and I'm happy with our first game and our first four days of training."
What next?
Real have more than a week to prepare for their next game, when they host struggling Sporting Gijon on 17 January. It's a quicker turnaround for Deportivo, who welcome second tier side Mirandes in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday, following a 1-1 draw in last week's first leg of the last 16 tie.
Lineup, Bookings (3) & Substitutions (6) Real Madrid 01 Navas
15 Carvajal
03 Pepe
04 Ramos (Varane - 45' )
(Varane - 45' ) 12 Marcelo
08 Kroos
19 Modric
11 Bale (Jesé - 74' )
(Jesé - 74' ) 22 Isco (Rodríguez - 66' )
(Rodríguez - 66' ) 07 Ronaldo
09 Benzema Substitutes 02 Varane
10 Rodríguez
13 Casilla
14 Casemiro
18 Vázquez
20 Jesé
23 Danilo Deportivo de La Coruña 01 Lux Booked
11 Juanfran
14 Arribas Booked
12 da Silva Junior
03 Navarro Corbacho (Correia Pinto - 66' )
(Correia Pinto - 66' ) 04 Bergantiños García
05 Mosquera Booked
17 Nicolás Cartabia (Gutiérrez - 45' )
(Gutiérrez - 45' ) 21 Luis Alberto
19 Fajr (Riera Magem - 66' )
(Riera Magem - 66' ) 07 Pérez Martínez Substitutes 09 Riera Magem
10 Domínguez Lamas
15 Sanabria Ruiz
16 Correia Pinto
23 Lopo
24 Gutiérrez
25 Fernández Muñiz Ref: Pedro Jesús Pérez Montero Att: 71,267
Yesterday, FC Barcelona collected three points defeating -based football club  4–0 at  in Barcelona in a La Liga match and became league leaders again.

File photo of Lionel Messi, who scored the hat-trick
Barcelona had greater ball possession. The match saw five . Four away players and Aleix Vidal of Barcelona were yellow carded. More than thirty fouls were committed in the match. Lionel Messi scored the first goal of the match in the 8th minute, assisted by debutant . Minutes later, Uruguayan Luis Suárez assisted Messi and he netted the second goal in the 14th minute.  was the first player to be booked in the 29th minute. First half ended in 2–0 with one yellow card shown.


In the second half  and  of Granada were booked in 56th and 57th minute. In the next minute, Sergi Roberto assisted Brazilian Neymar whose try to net a goal was saved, but the ball deflected and Messi scored the third goal of the match, completing his hat-trick.

 was yellow carded at the 60th minute. Three minuted later, Aleix Vidal was yellow carded for a bad foul. Neymar, in the 83rd minute, scored the fourth goal of the match assisted by Suárez.

After the match, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique said "I'm very satisfied with how the team played. Everybody was focused from the beginning and the players knew how important it was to win these three points."

Also yesterday Zinedine Zidane, recently appointed Real Madrid's new manager, secured a 5–0 win against  with Welsh winger Gareth Bale scoring a hat-trick as well.


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