Levante vs Real Madrid: Benzema, Vinicius score as Los Blancos cruise to 2-0 victory

Levante vs Real Madrid: Benzema, Vinicius score as Los Blancos cruise to 2-0 victory

- Levante were condemned to a 2-0 defeat by Real Madrid at the Estadio de la Ceramica

- Goals from Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema sealed the win for the visitors

- Zinedine Zidane's men are now at the summit of the La Liga table with 10 points after four games

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Real Madrid continued their Spanish League title defence with a victory over Levante at the Estadio de la Ceramica.

A goal each from Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr were all Los Blancos needed to cruise to much-needed win as the rise to the summit of the table.

The 20-year-old Brazilian opened the scoring for the Santiago Bernabeu side just 16 minutes into the meeting with a stunning strike from close range.

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Vinicius who was left unmarked took advantage of the poor clearances from the opponents before unleashing his shot into the right angle of the goal post.

Levante vs Real Madrid: Benzema, Vinicius score as Los Blancos cruise to 2-0 victory
Levante vs Real Madrid: Vinicius Jr celebrating his first goal for Los Blancos in the game. Getty Images.
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Benzema put the game beyond the home team in the 95th minute after scoring a sumptuous goal in the 95th minute of their encounter.

The Frenchman made a run into the opponents' danger zone after breaking loose from the centre of the field before finally putting the ball at the back of the net.

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Efforts made by both sides to score more goals before the final whistle failed to materialise but the defending champions still went ahead to win with two goals advantage.

Zidane's men also kept a clean sheet at the end of the meeting while they welcome Cadiz for their next game next weekend.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Real Madrid vs Real Valladolid ended in a 1-0 win for Zinedine Zidane's side at the Estadio Di Stefano Stadium.

The only goal of the match was scored by Vinicius Junior as Los Blancos recorded their second victory of the season.

Eden Hazard was ruled of the clash due to injury but the likes of Marcelo, Isco and Odriozola made their appearance of the season.

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