Real Madrid made an excellent start to their visit to Valencia with Karim Benzema's opening goal, but the first penalty converted by Carlos Soler and Varane's own goal before half-time made Zinedine Zidane's side's job difficult for the second half.
A second-half that started with a warning from Kang-In Lee with a shot off the post. From then on, total drama. The first blow came with the penalty, much protested by Los Blancos, conceded by Marcelo on Maxi Gómez after a mistake by Marco Asensio.
Just nine minutes later the next piece of chaos came. In a challenge between Sergio Ramos and Maxi Gómez, the centre-back touched the ball with his hand inside the area.
Carlos Soler scored both to make it 4-1 Valencia.
This triple penalty against Real Madrid makes history: never had Los Blancos been punished so much in the same league match, as the journalist Pedro Martin pointed out in 'Tiempo de Juego' of the 'Cadena COPE'.