Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema shine as Real Madrid thrash Valencia 4-1

Real Madrid strike duo Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr each scored a brace to offer the LaLiga leaders a 4-1 house win over Valencia on Saturday, placing them again on observe after final weekend’s disappointing loss to Getafe.

🏁 FT: @realmadriden 4-1 @valenciacf_en ⚽ @Benzema 43′ (p), 88, @vinijr 52′, 61′; Guedes 76’#RealMadridValencia | #Emirates pic.twitter.com/zis0FFi5WL
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Benzema opened the scoring shortly earlier than halftime from the penalty spot, his three hundredth objective in all competitions for Real. He is the fourth participant within the membership’s historical past to achieve the milestone after Alfredo di Stefano (308), Raul (323) and Cristiano Ronaldo (450).
Fan favorite Vinicius, who missed Real’s final two video games after testing optimistic for Covid-19, got here again with a vengeance and scored twice early within the second half.
Goncalo Guedes scored Valencia’s comfort objective within the 76th minute with a header on the rebound after Thibaut Courtois had saved his penalty kick.
Benzema sealed the emphatic win two minutes from the top with a low shot from contained in the field.
“It’s an honour and I’m proud to reach 301 goals with Real Madrid because they are the best club in the world,” Benzema informed reporters. “We played a great game for ourselves but also for the fans, who deserved it after the loss to Getafe.”

Real Madrid prolonged their lead on the high of the standings to 49 factors from 21 video games, eight factors forward of Sevilla who’ve two video games in hand and host Getafe on Sunday.
It took some time for Carlo Ancelotti’s crew to heat up on a freezing winter evening at Santiago Bernabeu, the place the followers have gotten used to gathering between scaffolding as Real Madrid proceed the 800-million-euro ($908.72 million) renovation of their house.

After a flat starting, Real discovered their rhythm late within the first half as Luka Modric struck a shot that rattled the crossbar from the sting of the field.
The hosts saved urgent till they discovered the opener after Casemiro fell inside the realm when challenged by defender Omar Alderete. Benzema stepped up and rifled the ball into the highest proper nook past Jasper Cillessen.
Real saved up their tempo after halftime and Vinicius scored twice in 9 minutes, first after a phenomenal mixture with Benzema, clearing two defenders earlier than ending on their own within the six-yard-box. His second got here from tapping in a rebound on the objective line following an effort from Marco Asensio.
Benzema’s targets meant he stayed clear on the high of the scoring charts in LaLiga this season with 17, adopted by Vinicius on 12. Together they’ve scored 29 of Real’s 45 league targets this marketing campaign.