Zinedine Zidane singled out Karim Benzema as world football's premier centre-forward after his hat-trick led Real Madrid to victory on Sunday.
Athletic had no answer to the former France international as he hit all of his side's goals in a routine 3-0 victory at Santiago Bernabeu.
That triple brought him up to 21 goals for the season in La Liga, his best haul since 2015-16 and a league total higher than that of Cristiano Ronaldo in Serie A with newly crowned champions Juventus.
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And his compatriot had no qualms in affirming that he had no peer in the No.