The great man Haz returned LOWLAND

Eden Hazard scored his first goal for more than a year as Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga with an emphatic 4-1 home win over Huesca.

The Belg ian, who returned from injury, opened the scoring with a superb left-foot shot into the left corner from outside the area.

France forward Karim Benzema netted twice for the hosts, with Uruguay midf ielder Feder ic Valverde also getting on the scoresheet.

David Ferreriro bagged a consolation goal for the visitors.

Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane said: “We all know how much quality Eden has and we saw him do many good things today.

“I’m very happy with his performance and the good thing is that he didn’t feel any discomfort out there.”

Bayern Munich moved to the top of the Bundesliga with a narrow 2-1 win away to Cologne.

Thomas Muller opened the scoring with a penalty and Serge Gnabry made it two. Dominick Drexler scored late on for the hosts.

Mats Hummels scored twice as second-placed Borussia Dortmund won 2- 0 at Arminia Bielefeld.

Ajax battered Fortuna Sittard 5-2 to strengthen their lead at the top of the Dutch Everdivisie.

Former Southampton star Dusan Tadic netted a second-half penalty for the Amsterdam side. Davy Klaassen bagged a double.

Andy Rodgers fired a hattrick as East Stirling beat Vale of Leithen 7- 0 – then hailed his side’s defence.

Craig Henderson, Gregg Wylde, Jamie Dishington and Lee Hadden also scored but Rodgers said: “Credit has to go to our defence as that’s five clean sheets in a row.”

Paul Woods and Stevie Bell fired East Kilbride to a 2- 0 win over Spartans and a Scott Hooper strike earned Kelty Hearts a win at Caledonian Braves.

Bonnyrigg Rose’s 10 men came from behind to draw 1-1 with Cumbernauld Colts while BSC Glasgow and Berwick drew 0- 0.

Civil Service Strollers beat Stirling University 1-0 and Edinburgh University saw off Gretna by the same score for their first wins of the season.