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90' Rivera does well to hunt down Casemiro after being beaten by him and nicks the ball off the Brazilian's toes as he looked to power into the Eibar box
88' Inui has another pop - and why not, considering the day he's had - but it's not all that well hit. Ronaldo races up the pitch and smashes a shot straight at Dmitrovic. It's just not his day
85' Eibar are still playing some neat football - Inui and Cote especially - but Madrid have just been far too clinical on the night. Cote sends in another teasing ball that Ramos struggles to clear, but Casilla comes to his captain's rescue
WOOF! WHAT A FINISH! Benzema flicks the ball into Theo with a superb touch and races on to the return and plays in Marcelo with another sublime first touch... the Brazilian collects it at the corner of the box and smashes it into the bottom of the net
79' Eibar finally throws on Sergi Enrich, taking off Gonzalo Escalante... Eibar have two out-and-out strikers on the pitch. Inui tries to belt one in from twenty yards, but it flies well wide of Casilla's far post
78' OOO! Ramos fakes a shot and tries to play it into Ronaldo, but Paulo Oliviera reads his intentions perfectly... Marcelo then tries to ping the ball to the far post toward Ronaldo - who shoots from a narrow angle and out of play
76' UFF! Nacho pings forward a ball that Benzema kills dead with a heavenly touch; but Arbilla does ever so well to marshall him and the ball away from danger
73' Cote is the source of all trouble for Madrid, but his cross into the box is once again handled superbly Ramos... Madrid counter at pace and Ronaldo plays it to Benzema... who's shot is blocked superbly by poor Paulo Oliviera
70' AHAHA! SERGIO RAMOS YOU FREE SOUL YOU! Casemiro sees a figure in white at the edge of the Eibar box and whips around to try and release him... the figure happens to be Ramos who has rampaged forward... because... erm, he's Ramos... and Escalante has to be alive to the danger to cut the ball out
69' Isco and Ronaldo try and combine for another Madrid counter but Arbilla continues his excellent defensive display by reading Isco's intentions and cutting out the pass
68' OH! Some superb passing from Eibar rips open Madrid as Capa slips in Kike Garcia but the new arrival was caught offside by Varane... but Eibar have not stopped knocking on the Madrid door
66' OH RONALDO!! OH RONALDO! He is sent in clear by a delightful Modric ball, races into the box and shoots straight at Dmitrovic! OH WOW! WHAT A MISS! The rebound is sent rather comically into space by Karim Benzema
64' Eibar are forcing the issue here, mainly through the sublime left foot of Cote - but Ramos is having one of those rock-solid defensive displays that he often pulls out when his team needs him to, and thumps the cross clear
That's that and a routine win for Madrid. Fairly entertaining match, this, and thanks for reading!
Anirudh Menon signing out.... Toodle ooo!