<p>Real, who have won every home match this season, are now seven points behind runaway leaders Barcelona. On Saturday Barca thrashed Atletico Madrid 3-0 and thus established a new record of 16 straight league wins.<br /><br />Kaka, making a rare start, made it 1-0 for Real after just eight minutes with a left-foot drive, after defender Gorka Elustondo had made a mess of a centre from Alvaro Arbeloa. Then Ronaldo, who had not scored for four games, took centre stage. The Portuguese idol made it 2-0 with his left foot after a clever one-two with Kaka. Then he headed in a corner from Mesut Oezil just before half-time, to make it 3-0.<br /><br />Ronaldo is now level in the scorers' chart on 24 goals with Barca's Lionel Messi, who hit a handsome hat-trick Saturday against Atletico. Real looked tired in the second half as a result of Wednesday's King's Cup exertions against Sevilla. Even so, Ronaldo came close to completing his hat-trick on three occasions, and Kaka hit the crossbar with a fierce drive.<br /><br />Arbeloa gave Sociedad a consolation goal 19 minutes from time by turning a rebound from keeper Iker Casillas into his own goal. But then newboy Emmanuel Adeboayor sent the crowd home happy by turning in a centre from Angel Di Maria to make it 4-1.<br /><br />Adebayor, on loan from Manchester City, also scored in the 2-0 cup defeat of Sevilla, and is becoming a popular figure at the Estadio Bernabeu. Sevilla's woes continued earlier on Sunday, with a 0-0 home draw against bottom team Malaga. The dull draw leaves Luis Fabiano and company stranded in seventh place, far away from the European berths.<br /><br />Sevilla dominated possession but, as so often this season, lacked a cutting edge. The Malaga defence, which was well marshalled by Martin Demichelis, had few problems in keeping the hosts at bay.<br /><br />Malaga, who made six January signings, are still bottom, with just 18 points from 22 games. Then come Almeria on 20, Levante on 21, and five teams on 22: Deportivo Coruna, Racing Santander, Hercules, Osasuna and Sporting Gijon.<br /><br />Sunday's late game was due to bring together fourth-placed Valencia and Hercules. Valencia are four points behind third-placed Villarreal but three ahead of Athletic Bilbao, who moved up to fifth Saturday by thrashing Sporting Gijon 3-0.</p>
<p>Real, who have won every home match this season, are now seven points behind runaway leaders Barcelona. On Saturday Barca thrashed Atletico Madrid 3-0 and thus established a new record of 16 straight league wins.<br /><br />Kaka, making a rare start, made it 1-0 for Real after just eight minutes with a left-foot drive, after defender Gorka Elustondo had made a mess of a centre from Alvaro Arbeloa. Then Ronaldo, who had not scored for four games, took centre stage. The Portuguese idol made it 2-0 with his left foot after a clever one-two with Kaka. Then he headed in a corner from Mesut Oezil just before half-time, to make it 3-0.<br /><br />Ronaldo is now level in the scorers' chart on 24 goals with Barca's Lionel Messi, who hit a handsome hat-trick Saturday against Atletico. Real looked tired in the second half as a result of Wednesday's King's Cup exertions against Sevilla. Even so, Ronaldo came close to completing his hat-trick on three occasions, and Kaka hit the crossbar with a fierce drive.<br /><br />Arbeloa gave Sociedad a consolation goal 19 minutes from time by turning a rebound from keeper Iker Casillas into his own goal. But then newboy Emmanuel Adeboayor sent the crowd home happy by turning in a centre from Angel Di Maria to make it 4-1.<br /><br />Adebayor, on loan from Manchester City, also scored in the 2-0 cup defeat of Sevilla, and is becoming a popular figure at the Estadio Bernabeu. Sevilla's woes continued earlier on Sunday, with a 0-0 home draw against bottom team Malaga. The dull draw leaves Luis Fabiano and company stranded in seventh place, far away from the European berths.<br /><br />Sevilla dominated possession but, as so often this season, lacked a cutting edge. The Malaga defence, which was well marshalled by Martin Demichelis, had few problems in keeping the hosts at bay.<br /><br />Malaga, who made six January signings, are still bottom, with just 18 points from 22 games. Then come Almeria on 20, Levante on 21, and five teams on 22: Deportivo Coruna, Racing Santander, Hercules, Osasuna and Sporting Gijon.<br /><br />Sunday's late game was due to bring together fourth-placed Valencia and Hercules. Valencia are four points behind third-placed Villarreal but three ahead of Athletic Bilbao, who moved up to fifth Saturday by thrashing Sporting Gijon 3-0.</p>