The Czech champions had the visitors on the back-foot for the first 15 minutes before Karim Benzema scored against the run of play and opened the floodgates.
Here are our player ratings for the game:
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Real Madrid (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois 7: Was barely tested during the game. Responded well whenever he was called upon.
Sergio Reguilon 7: Promising performance from the youngster, linked up well with Bale and fulfilled his defensive duties too.
Sergio Ramos 6: Was dominated for the first quarter hour but recovered well, though planted Milan Havel with nasty elbow. Substituted early on in the second half.
Nacho 6: Looked out of sorts at first and almost scored an own goal. Looked more confident and composed after Madrid got the lead.
Alvaro Odriozola 6: An improvement from his performance against Real Valladolid. Still needs to work on his positioning.
Casemiro 7: Good performance at the heart of midfield, controlled the flow of the game well and scored.
Toni Kroos 8: One of his best performance from recent times. An assist and a beautiful goal to mark it.
Lucas Vazquez 5: Needs to do better if he has to cement his position in the line-up. Went anonymous more often than not.
Dani Ceballos 6: Quiet game from the youngster, went missing at times, but nothing to worry about.
Gareth Bale 8: Looked threatening at times, scored a goal and provided one more. Great performance overall.
Karim Benzema 9: Near-perfect performance gets a near-perfect score. Two goals and an assist to his name.
Substitutes:
Vinicius Jr 7: Threatening on the left, got an assist to his name but was caught offside too often.
Isco 6: Took a central role after he came on in the second half. Failed to produce anything significant.
Javi Sanchez 7: Wasn’t tested until the last 10 minutes or so, but not with much intent.
