Real Madrid: Top 5 performances from 3-1 win over Sociedad

LW Eden Hazard

Ever since scoring his first goal and grabbing his first assist for Real Madrid in mid-October before the break in a 4-2 win over Granada, Eden Hazard has returned to superstar status for Los Blancos. He sealed this fact before the November break when he tore Eibar to bits in a 4-0 win, showing off ridiculous skills that only a handful of players in La Liga can pull off. He was pulling off nutmeg backheels, rabonas, and spellbinding turns on a dime.

Hazard was also magnificent against a better team and in a bigger match. Real Sociedad had zero answers for Hazard’s dribbling, as the Belgian playmaker finished the game with a whopping nine dribbles complete and seven fouls drawn, per WhoScored.com.

He did not have a goal or an assist in this game, but that doesn’t matter. Hazard was untouchable with the ball at his feet, and he is an elite player who can create opportunities from nothing. The 28-year-old frequently dropped off deep to help the rest of his teammates transition into the attack, showing ridiculous bursts of acceleration and change-of-pace with the ball to avoid Sociedad’s press.

Hazard and Benzema are clearly on the same wavelength now, and it has made Real’s attack just about impossible to stop.