Published 15:48 IST, December 23rd 2021

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema scores wonder goal vs Athletic Bilbao; WATCH

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was in his usual scintillating goalscoring form as he racked up a brace within the first seven minutes of the match.

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On Wednesday night, Real Mrid forward Karim Benzema was in his usual scintillating goalscoring form as he racked up a brace within  first seven minutes of match against Athletic Bilbao. Mrid managed to win game 2-1 and Benzema's first goal was truly astounding as fellow teammate Toni Kroos layed  ball off to him and Frenchman let fly from edge of box. It was a vicious shot that went curling into top right corner and Athletic keeper could do nothing to save that.

It was truly a magical moment, as even Athletic Bilbao supporters rose to ir feet and gave Karim Benzema huge round of applause. It was also his 400th career goal and he n went on to score his 401st as well. Benzema has been in sensational form this season having scored 20 goals and set up anor eight this season across all competitions in 23 matches. Of those, 15 goals and seven assists have come in 18 La Liga matches. In his current form, Benzema is one of highest-scoring players in world at moment and if he carries on firing like this n re is little anyone can do to stop him.

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Not Benzema's first rodeo

This is not first time that Benzema has scored a curler like this. Back in 2015, during Carlo Ancelotti's first stint as Real Mrid manager, Benzema scored almost an identical goal against Real Socied. Mrid's Twitter account decided to post a video of that goal and it is amazing how similar those goals are.

Currently, Blancos are top of standings in La Liga, ahe of Sevilla by eight points and a furr 18 points of ir arch-rivals Barcelona. y are also 17 points ahe of last season's champions and ir neighbours Atletico Mrid. y are also undefeated in ir last 11 games in La Liga, longest streak in top five leagues tied with Inter Milan. Mrid will now he into a winter break for about 10 days till January 2 when y take on Getafe. y will also come up against PSG in round of 16 in Champions League in February.

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15:44 IST, December 23rd 2021