article_snippet.sent: That treble was Ronaldo's 31st career hat-trick and Ronaldo 24th in La Liga, equalling Lionel Messi's record in the competition.
article_snippet.sent: It also took Lionel Messi's formidable goal tally for the Bernabeu club to 299 in 287 matches.
article_snippet.sent: Three of those La Liga hat-tricks have come against the team from Andalusia - whose defence scored triples in a 6-2 win at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in May 2011, a 4-1 success at the Bernabeu in February 2013 and a 7-3 thrashing in October of the same year.
article_snippet.sent: He scored four goals, including a 12-minute hat-trick, in another 6-2 win in Seville back in May 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Both matches ended in 4-1 wins for Real.
article_snippet.sent: Messi was left scratching Messi head after Ronaldo scored in the Clasico last October .
article_snippet.sent: Ronaldo notched hat-tricks against them in both the 2010-11 season and the 2012-13 campaign and added two more in a 3-0 Real win when the sides met at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez back in January.
article_snippet.sent: Messi topped up Messi impressive record against the Basques with a hat-trick in a 5-0 home win earlier this season.
article_snippet.sent: That was the second time Messi has scored three against the Basques
article_snippet.sent: - the other came in a 5-1 Bernabeu victory in November 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Ronaldo has scored two hat-tricks against them, in a 7-0 demolition at the Bernabeu in March 2011 and a 4-0 success at La Rosaleda in October the same year.