Real Madrid became the fastest team in Europe’s top five leagues to score 6000 goals in all competitions.

Los Blancos hit the ground running away to Real Betis by opening the scoring after just 10 minutes, thanks to Marco Asensio. An Aissa Mandi equalizer 20 minutes later and an own-goal by Nacho almost painted the night grey for Zidane’s side but Sergio Ramos stepped up to dish out the equalizer five minutes into the second half.

Marco Asensio announced his presence again by scoring his second of the night and his sixth La Liga goal of the season. The sensational forward successively etched his name in the history books as the man to have scored Real Madrid’s 6000th goal in La Liga, making his side the fastest team to have ever done so in Europe’s top five leagues.

Cristiano Ronaldo got the club’s 6001st but was denied another following a questionable offside call. Sergio Gomez set up a nervy finale in the historic night by scoring Betis’ third. However, Karim Benzema finally scored to take the scores to 5:3, ensuring that there was no come back for the motivated hosts.