Eden Hazard scores first Real Madrid goal in more than a year in win over Huesca – in pictures

Injury-ravaged Belgian attacker finally on target as Benzema grabs in double as Los Blancos go top of La Liga after 4-1 victory

Real Madrid's Eden Hazard, second left, celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in their 4-1 win against Huesca at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium on Saturday, October 31. AFP

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos. Reuters

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, right, heads home the fourth goal. AP

Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior jumps over a challenge by Huesca defender Jorge Pulido. AFP

Real Madrid'sKarim Benzema, centre, celebrates after scoring. AFP

David Ferreiro pulls one back for Huesca to make the score 3-1 to Real. AFP

Real Madrid's Federico Valverde celebrates after scoring his team's third goal. AFP

Real's Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard opens the scoring. EPA

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema makes it 2-0. EPA

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane. AFP

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's second goal. AFP

Eden Hazard attempts a shot at goal for Real. Getty

Karim Benzema netted a brace and Eden Hazard was also among the scorers as Real Madrid moved to the top of the La Liga table with a 4-1 victory over Huesca at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium.

Hazard – his first in more than a year – and Benzema each netted just before the interval, and Federico Valverde made it 3-0 before David Ferreiro's reply with just over 15 minutes to go.

Benzema added his second late on as Zinedine Zidane's men moved up from third to go two points clear at the top ahead of Real Sociedad, who face Celta Vigo on Sunday.

After the match, French manager Zidane said: "It's important to add points and they are three very important points. We have to be careful with Hazard, help him recover in the best way.

"I'm happy with [his] game, the other day he played 20 minutes, today more and little by little. We know the quality he has, he has scored a good goal. The game was different after the goal.

"We had to play between the lines, with Eden. We needed that goal from him to jump in to the game. Scoring four-goals is a positive but we need to improve defensively."

After coming off the bench in Tuesday's 2-2 Champions League draw at Borussia Monchengladbach, Hazard was handed his first start of the season among four changes made by Zidane.

Promoted Huesca made a bright start, with on-loan Wolves forward Rafa Mir putting an early shot wide and then having an effort disallowed for offside.

Goalkeeper Andres Fernandez did well to keep out a Sergio Ramos header at the other end, before Huesca went forward again as Javier Ontiveros brought a save out of Thibaut Courtois and Sergio Gomez sent an attempt off-target.

Hazard then fired the hosts ahead with a stunning strike from around 30 yards out in the 40th minute – only his second goal for the club.

And five minutes later, Benzema doubled the advantage, chesting down Lucas Vazquez's cross and thumping the ball home.

Victory looked all but secure when Valverde collected the ball from Benzema and struck past Fernandez in the 54th minute, adding to his goal in last weekend's 3-1 El Clasico win at Barcelona.

Ferreiro reduced the deficit with a close-range finish in the 74th minute, before Benzema headed home Real's fourth in the 90th.

His double came a day on from Zidane stressing there was "no problem" between the French striker and team-mate Vinicius Junior – who came on for Hazard on the hour – after video footage emerged appearing to show Benzema telling Ferland Mendy not to pass to the Brazil international at half-time in Tuesday's game.