Cristiano Ronaldo's opener for Real Madrid in the 4-0
defeat of Granada on Saturday saw him break Isidro
Langara's 79-year-old record for the most goals scored
in the first 10 La Liga games of the season.
Langara set the record in 1935-36 when playing for Real
Oviedo after scoring 16 goals in his opening 10 matches
of the campaign.
Ronaldo, however, notched his 17th of the season as
Madrid secured three points to move top of La Liga,
while he reached the target in just nine games, having
missed the 4-2 defeat against Real Sociedad in August
through injury.
The Portugal captain has not scored as many goals at
this stage in La Liga during his last five campaigns at
Madrid, having previously managed a best of 11 in
2010-11 and 2012-13.
Ronaldo's strike against Granada was teed up by
teammate Karim Benzema, before the former
Manchester United man returned the favour, and that
turned out to be the 39th and 40th assists between the
pair since they started playing together in 2009.
It was the 15th assist that Ronaldo has provided for
Benzema, while the France international has proved to
be his favoured recipient so far this season with three.
Benzema, meanwhile, has set up 25 goals in total for
Ronaldo, with only Mesut Ozil having created more for
the forward with 27 during his spell at Madrid.
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