Real Madrid break 73-year-old goal scoring record

Real entered the weekend in second place but jumped back into first with the win, with Barcelona playing later on Saturday.

Victory sends them top of the standings on 59 points although Barcelona, on 57, can return to the summit when they host Celta Vigo later on Saturday.

The Ballon d’O victor also scored a late brace in that game to save a point for Los Blancos – helping them to come back from 3-1 down, despite playing with 10-men during much of the second half following Bale’s dismissal.

Real Madrid is one of the most storied franchises in football history.

In a great counter attack Benzema showed great vision to find Asensio on the left. It’s not easy when you don’t play a lot, but he played as if he did every three days.

Real Madrid: Navas 6, Pepe 5, Ramos 5, Nacho 6, Danilo 5, Casemiro 7, Modric 6, Asensio 8, James 8, Vazquez 6, Benzema 9.

And it is said that Ronaldo also ordered Madrid not to sign Pogba. Let’s not jump the gun. It’s awful timing for Real Madrid, too. Five precious points dropped in a week and many of Madrid’s players had not been good enough. And besides, Zidane doesn’t seem to care much about form when he picks his line-ups, and it appears the rotation system is more elaborate than that.

“They [Eibar] are a hard team to play against, at set-pieces, second balls, but we were very focused on these things”.

Eibar pulled a goal back in the 75th minute as Pena headed home Pedro Leon’s fine cross from the right.

The match against Las Palmas was crucial for Real Madrid. “Whenever I came here as a visiting player I knew that Ipurua was a hard place to come given how the fans and the team get on top of you”, Leon told reporters on Thursday.

That’s that, on to Naples.

Zidane believes the players are paying the price for a slow start in recent matches, having lost last month away at Valencia.