A wondergoal
from James
Rodriguez helped Real Madrid to another impressive La Liga victory as they
saw off Granada 4-0 on Saturday. A brilliant start saw Cristiano
Ronaldo give the European
champions the lead, slotting home
after just two minutes, and
James added a second with a
vicious volley 15 minutes before the break. Karim Benzema added a third
shortly after half-time, coolly
poking his effort home following
Ronaldo's flick. Marcelo was denied by the
crossbar four minutes later,
before James took advantage of
a defensive mix-up to poke home
a fourth and double his tally as
Carlo Ancelotti's side followed up last weekend's Clasico triumph in
style. The result represents Real's 11th
consecutive win in all
competitions, while condemning a
toothless Granada to their fifth
defeat in six games. The visitors, who named an
unchanged side from the the
convincing win over Barcelona, did
not take long to assert their
authority in Andalucia, with Ronaldo opening the scoring early on. Some good work down the right
saw Daniel Carvajal dispossess
Dimitri Foulquier, which allowed
Benzema to cut back to the
Portugal international inside the
area and he marked the 700th match of his career with his 22nd
goal of the season.Granada came
into the game having mustered
just one win in their last eight
matches and posed little threat
to Ancelotti's men, who continued to press. A wonderful clipped ball from Isco
allowed Benzema to force a smart
save from Roberto in the 23rd
minute, before Carvajal blazed his
shot over the bar from six yards
following Ronaldo's brilliant backheeled pass. But the lead was doubled just
after the half hour, when a
superb sweeping move saw
Benzema tee the ball up for James inside the area and the Colombian smashed an
unstoppable first-time volley into
the top corner. Real's dominance continued in the
second half, and they were
celebrating a third just nine
minutes after the restart,
Ronaldo findingBenzema with another audacious backheel,
allowing the Frenchman to beat
the offside trap and prod his
effort past Roberto. Granada's goalkeeper was once
again a spectator two minutes
later and had the crossbar to
thank as Marcelo's 25-yard effort
was denied. The home side continued to
struggle, but went close to pulling
a goal back after 65 minutes. Substitute Ruben Rochina fired
over with an acrobatic volley,
before a whipped cross from Juan
Carlos was headed over by Abdoul
Sissoko. Fellow sub Javier Marquez should
have done better six minutes
from time, but was denied by an
onrushing Iker Casillas, before
Sergio Ramos hooked another
effort off the line. James wrapped up the win three minutes later by scrambling home
at the far post after Ronaldo
failed to connect properly with
Arbeloa's cut-back, capping off a
routine afternoon for Ancelotti's
charges.
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