Madrid: Gareth Bale scored on his return to the Real Madrid starting line-up for the first time in a month as they beat Rayo Vallecano 5-1 on Saturday. <img title="Cristiano Ronaldo" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/nov/10Cristiano-Ronaldo-1.jpg" alt="Cristiano Ronaldo" /> Cristiano Ronaldo&nbsp;
Bale took just nine minutes to make his mark as he slid in to turn home Toni Kroos&rsquo;s low cross before Sergio Ramos doubled Madrid&rsquo;s lead.
An awful attempted backpass from James Rodriguez gave Rayo hope just before half-time as Alberto Bueno reduced the arrears, but Kroos restored the hosts&rsquo; two-goal advantage with his first goal for the club.
Karim Benzema added a dubious fourth despite being clearly in an offside position before Cristiano Ronaldo registered his 23rd goal of the season thanks to some generous goalkeeping from Cristian Alvarez.
A pelvic muscle injury had kept Bale on the sidelines for five games prior to his return as a second-half substitute against Liverpool in midweek, and there were positive signs for Welsh boss Chris Coleman as he looked back to his best ahead of his country&rsquo;s crucial Euro 2016 qualifiers against Belgium and Israel.

Gareth Bale scored on his return to the Real Madrid starting line-up for the first time in a month as they beat Rayo Vallecano 5-1 on Saturday

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Gareth Bale scored on his return to the Real Madrid starting line-up for the first time in a month as they beat Rayo Vallecano 5-1 on Saturday

La Liga: Bale scores on return as Real thrash Rayo Vallecano

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