Hello and welcome to tonight's LIVE action from La Liga as Real Madrid welcome Valladolid to the Bernabeu.

The referee calls time on an entertaining contest. Gareth Bale bags a hat-trick as Madrid thump Valladolid. Madrid move three points off Barcelona at the top of La Liga.

Morata breaks clear but can only fire his effort at Marino.

GOAL! Madrid 4-0 Valladolid. Comfortable take from Diego Lopez from the resulting corner and the keeper quickly sparks a Madrid counter. It breaks to Marcelo down the left whose pass across the box is turned home by Bale. Hat-trick!

Valladolid force a rare corner. In fact, it might be their first of the match.

Sastre departs. Humberto Osorio joins the action.

Ramos rises the highest inside the penalty area and makes it four out of four. Four headers. Four misses.

Jese's shot almost squirms through Marino and the keeper is relieved to see it go behind for a corner.

Bergdich spots Lopez off his line but smashes his attempted lob into the stands. Didn't appear to have much dip...

The ball breaks to Marcelo inside the box but, somehow, the left-back's effort heads out towards the touchline. Dreadful.

Sastre clatters into Isco. Yellow card.

The atmosphere has turned a touch flat. Clearly the Madrid ultras think it's job done, onto the next one.

Bergdich is cynically clipped by Alonso but the striker elects to stay on his feet. Probably saves the Madrid man a yellow.

Fausto Rossi and Pena bring the ball down the left but the left-back concedes a foul.

Modric splits the Valladolid defence with a low pass out to Carvajal on the right.

The substitutes combine as Jese and Morata combine. The latter expertly clips the ball past his marker but runs out of pitch before he can whip in a cross.

Valladolid continue to plug away in an attempt to force a leveller.

Jese and Alvaro Morata come on for Benzema and Di Maria. Manucho on for Guerra for the visitors.

Pepe is shown a yellow card for a silly foul.

The white shirts are queuing up in the middle to score but Madrid are guilty of over-playing it again. The chance vanishes.

Marcelo boosts the visitors match statistics by trying to grab himself an own goal. His header is well saved by Lopez.