Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick in the seventh minute as Real Madrid beat Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday in La Liga
Champions Real Madrid, second, are 12 points behind leaders Barcelona after the Catalans beat Elche 4-0 on Saturday, with 11 games apiece.
The race for the top four intensified as sixth-placed Villarreal beat fourth-placed Real Sociedad 2-0, and Atletico Madrid secured a 1-0 win over fifth-placed Betis
p>Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid looked like they were training for their Copa del Rey semi-final clash on Wednesday with arch-rivals Barcelona dismantling Valladolid, 16th and one point above the relegation zone.
Rodrygo Goes scored the first goal early, before Benzema's hat-trick, while Marco Asensio scored the fifth in the second half and Lucas Vazquez added another later
"Karim is an impressive player, a world-class star, he has been here 14 years and year after year he scores goals," Vazquez told DAZN
"Year after year he has become Madrid's number nine, there is not much to say about him, I am very happy for him and enjoy playing with him in every game"
