Real Madrid 6-3 Girona: 5 Talking Points

#4 Girona respond well after going behind, several times

The League debutants came together as a team to keep fighting back.

Following the defeat to Girona in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, Madrid saw a horrible run of form away from home - failing to pick up all three points in any of their next three games. It was the first time that the minnows had welcomed the reigning Champions League holders at home.

It didn't prove to be the welcome Madrid would've hoped for, with the hosts refusing to share the spoils, beating the visitors 2-1.

At the Bernabeau too, after Ronaldo had put Real ahead, the David in the equation landed a punch in the face of Golaith.

Rushing to win back possession and looking to move ahead, the latest entrants of the Spanish league put together a few half chances before getting back on level terms, by a cross into the box from the left. Cristhian Stuani applying the finishing header; his 17th of the season.

Things seemed to be headed toward a rout of epidemic proportions when Madrid added a third and a fourth, after Ronaldo had put Madrid back in front after the restart.

But with almost Balboa-esque instincts the side from Girona refused to go down. Cristhian Stuani getting his second on the night in the 67th minute. A repeat of the well-worked, short corner doing the trick.

The spirit of the side was evident even after going another goal down - as Madrid got their fifth - when Juanpe pulled one back for the visitors. Alex Granell getting his second assist of the night.

The performance was evidence of a team - of midfielders getting the side forward, decent deliveries from the players on the wings and the strikers doing their job - working together to create an end-product.