Real Madrid's Hazard nets first goal for 392 days in win over Huesca

Eden Hazard finally opened his Real Madrid account this season with a stunning finish as Los Blancos beat Huesca 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday.

Last weekend's 3-1 victory over Barcelona was Madrid's only win in four and came on the back of consecutive defeats meaning there was still a lot of pressure on manager Zinedine Zidane.

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And Madrid were unconvincing for the majority of the first half until Hazard opened the scoring with a stunning long-range effort on 40 minutes to score his first goal for the club in 392 days ago -- since Oct. 5, 2019.

Zidane was full of praise for Hazard's performance as he told reporters after the match: "I'm happy with his game. The other day he played 20 minutes, today he started. Little by little, we know the quality Eden has. He scored a good goal. We needed it in the first half because the game was different after the goal."

Asked about his fitness levels, the Madrid boss added: "He's fine. No discomfort. He's happy with his goal and his teammates are happy for him too."

Madrid 2-0 on the stroke of half-time as Karim Benzema chested down Lucas Vazquez's cross before firing into the net from close range.

The pressure appeared to be off the hosts and they added a third through Federico Valverde's rifled shot into the bottom the corner.

At half-time of Madrid's 2-2 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach, Benzema was caught on camera telling teammate Ferland Mendy not to pass to Vinicius Junior.

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Zidane claimed in the build to this match that the pair had resolved their issues and Vinicus played in Benzema for a chance to add a fourth, but the Frenchman fluffed his effort over the bar.

Huesca pulled a goal back on 74 minutes through David Ferreiro, but Madrid added a fourth as Benzema finished off after being set up by Rodrygo.