Highlights: Granada CF 0-4 Real Madrid, James Rodriguez bags a brace

Cristiano Ronaldo embraces his teammate Karim Benzema who scored Real Madrid's third goal against Granada.

Real Madrid continued their good run in an away encounter against Granada as they registered a thumping 0-4 over the hosts at the Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes. Carlo Ancelotti's side now moves to the top position of the with 24 points in hand Liga. (Barcelona and Sevilla were yet to play when this article was published.)

Line-ups:

Granada

Robert, D. Foulquier, A. NyomJ. Babin, J. Murillo, Eddy Pascual, A. Sissoko, M. Iturra, Juan Carlos, S. Isaac, J. Cordoba.

Subs: Oier, Mainz, Héctor Yuste, D. Larsson, Javi Márquez, Y. El-Arabi, Ruben Rochina.

Real Madrid

Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Daniel Carvajal, T. Kroos, Isco, L. Modri?, J. Rodriguez, Cristiano Ronaldo, K. Benzema.

Subs: K. Navas, Nacho, Arbeloa, Varane R., S. Khedira, Illarramendi, J. Hernandez.

Goal Highlights:

0-1: Cristiano Ronaldo 2 '

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the early minutes of the match from a right-footed shot that found the bottom right corner of the net. The goal was assisted by Karim Benzema who found Ronaldo right inside the box with pin-point accuracy. It was Dani Carvajal who initiated the attack.

This was Ronaldo’s 17^th goal in the league from 9 appearances. Inhuman!

0-2: James Rodriguez 31 '

James Rodríguez scored the second for Real Madrid, and boy, did he score it in style! Karim Benzema provided his second assist of the match as he passed the ball to Rodriguez who launched a vicious left-footed shot to put the ball into the top left corner.

0-3: Karim Benzema 54 '

After assisting the first two goals himself, the Frenchman found the net himself this time, thanks to an amazing back-heel through ball from Cristiano Ronaldo.

0-4: James Rodriguez 87 '

The Colombian Golden Boy bagged his brace from a close range shot after being set-up by Cristiano Ronaldo.