Summary

  • La Liga leaders Barcelona 11 points ahead of Real Madrid

  • 15-year-old winger Lamine Yamal becomes Barcelona's youngest ever player

  • Madrid beat Almeria 4-2 in the earlier game

  • Benzema netted his third hat-trick of the month

Live Reporting

Emlyn Begley

  1. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Better spell from Almeria now but Lazaro's effort is straight at Thibaut Courtois.

  2. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Francisco Portillo gets onto a loose ball outside the box and drags a shot well wide for Almeria. Thibaut Courtois didn't look worried.

  3. YELLOW CARD

    Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Real winger Vinicius Jr is pulled back by a defender and asks the referee to book him. But he gets the yellow card himself for dissent.

  4. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Poor cross by Lucas Vazquez over everyone's head.

  5. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Antonio Rudiger is offside as he gets his head onto a free-kick into the mixer.

  6. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Lovely skill from Vinicius Jr, who is one of the world's best players for sure, but it comes to nothing.

  7. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Almeria's second chance, both from Largie Ramazani, this time he heads wide from a right-wing cross.

  8. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Real are just pinging the ball round comfortably. They might as well get some more goals and make it safe.

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  9. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Karim Benzema has scored each of his last seven La Liga goals at the Bernabeu, after he scored only one of his first nine league goals of the season at home.

  10. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    This is very comfortable from Real Madrid. They would be within eight points of Barcelona.

    Could the Treble be on...?

  11. Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Karim Benzema is now the fourth top La Liga goalscorer ever with 235 goals.

    Only Lionel Messi (474), Cristiano Ronaldo (311) and Zarra (252) are above him.

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    GOAL - Real Madrid 2-0 Almeria

    Karim Benzema

    Karim Benzema has his second goal and what an assist from Rodrygo.

    The Brazilian winger flicks the ball round a defender with a backheel before getting it on the other side and cutting it back to Benzema, who sidefoots home from 10 yards.

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  13. Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

    Real have a free-kick on the right wing. Toni Kroos overhits it but Vinicius Jr keeps it in on the other flank, cuts inside and forces another save from Fernando.

  14. Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

    Rodrygo's free-kick hits the wall. He tries to run past them with the rebound but it doesn't really come to anything.

  15. Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

    It's one-way traffic. Real have had 71% of the ball and they win a free-kick 30 yards out.

  16. Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

    Karim Benzema almost gets number 351 from a one-two with Vinicius Jr but his shot is held by Fernando.

  17. Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

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    Karim Benzema is the second player to score 350 goals for Real Madrid in all competitions, after Cristiano Ronaldo (450).

  18. Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

    Almeria almost score an instant equaliser as Largie Ramazani runs from the halfway line before lashing over from the edge of the box.

  19. Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

    Karim Benzema equals Hugo Sanchez in joint-fourth in the all-time La Liga goalscorers on 234 goals.

    Lionel Messi (474), Cristiano Ronaldo (311) and Zarra (252) are above them.

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    GOAL - Real Madrid 1-0 Almeria

    Karim Benzema

    Real Madrid find the breakthrough. Vinicius Jr makes a fool of his defender and rolls the ball across the six-yard box for Karim Benzema to slot in.

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