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Real Madrid 3 Levante 0: Record-breaking Ronaldo leads the way

Cristiano Ronaldo became Real Madrid's standalone record goalscorer as Rafael Benitez's men cruised past Levante 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Marcelo put the hosts into an early lead on Saturday and, despite Levante threatening on occasion, Ronaldo's 324th Madrid goal took him beyond Raul in the club's scoring charts and made the game safe.

Danilo set up Gareth Bale with a fine pass over the top shortly after, yet the Welshman blasted his effort high and wide, while Ronaldo had a penalty shout turned down after going down under Simao's challenge.

Madrid went ahead in the 27th minute after a fine combination between Marcelo and Ronaldo. 

Levante nearly immediately replied via Deyverson, yet Navas pulled off a sublime reflex to keep the attacker's header out.

Levante got another chance to peg one back in the 34th minute, but Navas once more proved to be too much of an obstacle as he kept out Roger's shot after some good work from Deyverson.

The away side refused to give up and got another decent opportunity shortly after the interval. Deyverson took advantage of Marcelo's slip to collect a loose ball and set up Roger, yet the forward hesitated too long, allowing Casemiro to steal the ball with a last-ditch tackle.

Deyverson should have halved the deficit in the 70th minute when he got all the time and space he needed to unleash a shot from inside the area after a low cross from the left, but the Brazilian's shot hit Nacho before it went out for a corner.