Eibar 0-4 Real Madrid: Karim Benzema hits brace in La Liga rout

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Ben Hayward9 November 2019

Karim Benzema scored twice and Fede Valverde was also on target as Real Madrid secured their third big win in the space of 10 days with a 4-0 victory at Eibar on Saturday.

Los Blancos had lost this fixture 3-0 last year, with Santiago Solari in charge, but bossed this encounter from the outset in the cold and the rain at Ipurua.

Benzema opened the scoring after 17 minutes as he finished off a move he had started. The French forward advanced into the area, but had little space and laid off for Valverde. The Uruguayan’s run was blocked and Luka Modric saw a shot saved, with the rebound finding its way back to the South American and finally the striker, who slotted in from a tight angle.

Barely a minute later, Pablo de Blasis brought down Eden Hazard in the area and Sergio Ramos stepped up to send Marko Dmitrovic the wrong way from the spot.

Madrid then won another penalty after 28 minutes, this time after Lucas Vazquez was tripped by Cote, and Benzema converted by dispatching his shot into the exact same spot with Dmitrovic wrong-footed again.

The game lost some of its intensity in the remainder of the half, but Madrid continued to dominate after the interval and having beaten Leganes 5-0 and Galatasaray 6-0 over the past 10 days, Valverde made it 4-0 in this one as he drilled home a low shot inside the post from the edge of the area after 62 minutes.

That made it 16 goals without reply for Zinedine Zidane’s side since their 1-0 loss at Mallorca on October 19 and Los Blancos moved provisionally top of La Liga ahead of Barcelona’s game at home to Celta Vigo later on Saturday.

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