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
63' Nothing comes from the corner... and Capa sends in another one that is way too deep. Mendillibar takes off a dead-on-his-feet Charles and throws on Kike Garcia while Karim Benzema is brought on for Marco Asensio
62' Inui gets past Casemiro like he isn't there... but Ceballos comes back and holds him up well enough for Casemiro to come back and bully the ball off the Japanese. Eibar come roaring back and Cote's cross into the box is nudged out for a corner by Theo
60' AH! Asensio drifts in brilliantly onto another peach of a Modric pass but his cutback is cleared by Lomban ahead of Ronaldo. The corner comes to nothing.
59' Another superb Arbilla challenge means Ronaldo can't instigate a Madrid counter but Los Blancos string around some good looking passes and Theo sends a teasing ball in that is just behind Ronaldo. The slump of the shoulders tells you everything about what the great man is going through
55' OOO! Cote curls an intelligent ball in but Varane whips it out ahead of Charles..... Casemiro then smashes into Inui INSIDE THE BOX and that should be penalty and a second yellow. Casemiro being Casemiro that's just play on
54' Charles goes head to head with Ramos and Theo but can't force the issue. Casemiro compunds the issue by lazily wafting it toward Escalante and Eibar start pressurising Madrid again...
49' SMASHING REAL MADRID COUNTER...... AND OH! ISCO! OH! ISCO! Ronaldo and Asensio combine superbly to release Isco down the right and he opts for the dangerous option (when your teammate is Cristiano Ronaldo) and shoots at goal, but Dmitrovic does superbly to close him down and smother the shot
47' till Casemiro intercepts a loose Jordan ball... but Eibar's shape keeps Madrid out and the ball is win back and Inui is brought down by Nacho. Good-looking position, this freekick is in
42' Theo races forward and sends a ball into the box that Dmitrovic is relieved to grasp.... he kicks it forward where Inui almost runs circles around Ramos but the Madrid captain does well to keep the Japanese at bay
41' Cote is released by a wonderful early ball by Jordan and the left wingback swings in a lovely ball that Ramos does ever so well to keep away from Charles at the Madrid near post
39' Eibar are gaining back the confidence they lost with those two stunning blows and Cote, Jordan and Escalante force the issue before Cote is brought down by Casemiro
38' OOOH! COTE! He lets fly with his cultured left foot and the ball whizzes past a haplessly rooted Casilla and inches past his far post. That was mighty close
36' Nacho romps forward and lays it off to Ronaldo but Lomban sticks to him and Madrid have to recycle possession - and end up giving away a cheap foul on Inui
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That's that and a routine win for Madrid. Fairly entertaining match, this, and thanks for reading!
Anirudh Menon signing out.... Toodle ooo!