La Liga: Vinicius Junior Dazzles as Real Madrid Hammer Osasuna

• Real Madrid defeated Osasuna 4-2 on Saturday
• Brazilian winger Vinicius Junior scored a brace
• Dani Carvajal, Brahim Diaz were also on target

Vinicius Junior struck twice to earn Real Madrid a commanding 10-point lead at the top of La Liga in a 4-2 rout of Osasuna on Saturday.

The Brazilian forward mesmerised for Los Blancos and reached 18 goals across all competitions this season, while Dani Carvajal and Brahim Diaz also found the net in an entertaining romp for Carlo Ancelotti's side.

Los Blancos were without top goalscorer Jude Bellingham, completing a two-match suspension but, with Vinicius in full flow, barely missed the England international at El Sadar in Pamplona.

How Madrid hammered Osasuna

The 23-year-old dispossessed Alejandro Catena, who was dawdling on it, ran through and calmly rolled the ball past Sergio Herrera to break the deadlock after four minutes.

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Osasuna were quickly back level through Ante Budimir, who finished from close range after Jorge Herrando nodded a corner back into his path.

Madrid captain Carvajal put his side in front again in the 18th minute, finishing sublimely with the outside of his boot after Fede Valverde cleverly hooked the ball into his path in the box.

Diaz stretched Madrid's lead after an hour with a clinical finish after running on to a long ball was flicked on by Valverde.

Vinicius grabbed his second a few minutes later with a subtle poked finish after Valverde sent him hurtling in on goal -- his 12th league goal of the season.

Iker Munoz pulled one back for Osasuna in stoppage time, but it was too little, too late for Jagoba Arrasate's side.

Madrid almost wrapped up the win in spectacular fashion but youngster Arda Guler hit the bar with an effort from just inside Osasuna's half in stoppage time, with Herrera out of position.