 Van Nistelrooy opened his Primera Liga account in spectacular fashion |
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened his Primera Liga goalscoring account for Real Madrid in spectacular fashion with a hat-trick in the 4-1 win over Levante. The Dutch striker also missed a penalty against the newly-promoted side as he paid off an instalment of the �10.2m fee paid to Manchester United.
His treble led Real to their first league win of the season.
Van Nistelrooy said: "It's been a good day, a very important win. I missed a penalty, which is really bad."
He struck first with a shot from the edge of the area in the 16th minute.
Antonio Cassano added a second for Real before Levante reduced the arrears through Felix Ettien.
Van Nistelrooy restored Real's two-goal cushion after the interval but his striking instincts let him down when he missed from the penalty spot.
He completed his hat-trick in injury-time to give Real four points from their opening two games.
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