Valencia 4-1 Real Madrid: Soler's hat-trick of penalties tumbles woeful Blancos


 LaLiga champions Real Madrid fell to a resounding 4-1 defeat at Valencia, with Carlos Soler netting three penalties in a remarkable clash.

Carlos Soler scored a hat-trick of penalties as Valencia ended a four-match winless run in LaLiga with a 4-1 rout of Real Madrid at Mestalla.


Soler's penalties – the first of which had to be re-taken due to an infringement by Yunus Musah – were added to by Raphael Varane's own goal as Valencia came from behind in a frantic encounter.


Karim Benzema, who has now scored more LaLiga goals than any other player since the resumption in June, opened the scoring with a thunderous strike – his fifth goal in his last four top-flight meetings with Valencia.

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