VIDEO: Ronaldo nets 13-minute hat trick, ties Raul atop Real Madrid's La Liga scoring list

It took three fixtures, but Cristiano Ronaldo finally tallied his first La Liga goal of the season on Saturday.

Then he scored another.

And then, on the 20-minute mark, he completed a hat trick to equal Raul's Real Madrid record of most career La Liga goals.

Ronaldo took only seven minutes to open the scoring, collecting a backline-splitting pass from Luka Modric before using his second touch to curl the ball past 'keeper Pau Lopez.

Only 10 minutes later, Ronaldo made no mistake from the penalty spot, slotting home a shot after Gareth Bale was brought down inside Espanyol's 18-yard box.

And sure enough, almost immediately after, Ronaldo registered his third goal within a 13-minute span, getting a left foot on a precision-perfect cross from Bale and placing his name alongside Raul on Real Madrid's career La Liga scoring list.

By the time the interval arrived, Ronaldo, who also completed a hat-trick at the Estadi Cornella-El Prat last season, had once again left Espanyol reevaluating everything the club knew about football.