Zidane 'delighted' for Ronaldo and Bale as Real Madrid end wait for win at Borussia Dortmund

Defending Uefa Champions League winners claimed a first victory away against the German club in seven attempts.

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  Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring Real Madrid's second goal in the 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. Martin Meissner / AP Photo

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  Gareth Bale shoots to score Real Madrid's opening goal. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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  Gareth Bale watches as his shot heads into the top corner. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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  Borussia Dortmund players Nuri Sahin and Mario Gotze appeal to referee Bjorn Kuipers. Leon Kuegeler / Reuters

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  Real Madrid's Daniel Carvajal, left, and Dortmund's Jeremy Toljan vie for the ball. Michael Probst / AP Photo

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  Borussia Dortmund fans wave flags and display banners inside Westfalenstadion. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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  >Real Madrid's Luka Modric, left, and Dortmund's Maximilian Philipp, right, challenge for the ball. Martin Meissner / AP Photo

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  Cristiano Ronaldo scores Real Madrid's second goal. Michael Probst / AP Photo

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  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, left, scores Borussia Dortmund's goal. Martin Meissner / AP Photo

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  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates scoring Borussia Dortmund's goal. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

Zinedine Zidane praised goal-scorers Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo as Real Madrid finally claimed a Uefa Champions League win at Borussia Dortmund.

Ronaldo, 32, marked his 150th European game with two second-half goals after Bale's stunning early volley gave Madrid the lead at Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park.

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored Dortmund's consolation goal with just over half an hour left, but the Germans were simply out-played by holders Madrid.

Having also netted twice against Apoel, Ronaldo has now scored four goals in just two Champions League games this season.

"I'm happy for Cristiano... again! I'm delighted for Ronaldo and Bale," Zidane said.

This is the first time Dortmund have lost at home to Madrid in seven European games while holders Madrid have now scored in 38 successive Champion League games.

"It is difficult to play in this stadium, we have never won here, so this victory was important to us, and the whole game was good for us from start to finish," said Zidane. "We had a lot of ball possession, that was the key. Dortmund played as impressively as ever, but we compensated well."

Dortmund shaded possession and matched Madrid's tally of 16 shots on goal and Zidane wanted to see more chances converted.

"We could have scored more. We had chances. The important thing is to score more than our opponents and we did that," the Frenchman said.

"The side worked hard - Isco, (Luka) Modric, Casemiro and (Toni) Kroos were marvellous. Everyone was brilliant. It was a tremendous game."

The result leaves Madrid top of Group H, just ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Apoel 3-0 away, with Dortmund third and six points adrift of Spurs, who they also lost 3-1 to in London.