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Cristiano Ronaldo had eight goals from his previous two games but he and his team mates struggled to beat keeper Andres Fernandez.

A solitary goal from Karim Benzema spared Real Madrid’s blushes as the Spanish giants scraped to a nervy 1-0 win over Granada on Saturday.

The stars of Real Madrid including Cristiano Ronaldo greeted the Syrian refugee family whose plight was made famous when they were tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman.

That goal made him the player who has scored the most penalties in the Champions League and he celebrated with his third of the game nine minutes from time against a side demoralized by the referee.

Ronaldo bagged his second hattrick in four days and took his tally to eight goals this season with a well taken hattrick at the Bernabeu. We were consistent in defence and did a good job.

“We started a little bad in La Liga with a draw but we’ve been fine since, more consistent and we’re on a roll”.

So prolific has Ronaldo been in recent times that he has scored 40 goals in just 36 matches in 2015 so far, the hat-trick on Wednesday night was his fourth in 6 games for Real Madrid. “I know Cristiano’s level and value”, said Benítez.

The forward is obviously still carving up La Liga, as his five goals at the weekend demonstrated, but the club – or more accurately, the president – has already anointed his spiritual successor in Gareth Bale. Karim Benzema had a goal for Madrid as well.

Since he was ecstatic with their victory, Mirror observed that Ronaldo was displaying affection to his teammates, giving them hugs as they scored and when they celebrated their win.