On the final whistle at Los Cármenes, comments turned to Modric and Kroos’ latest masterclass in Real Madrid win over Granada, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Rayo Vallecano are a decent side but all it took was for Falcao to pull a goal back and Madrid fell apart, undoing all of their earlier work, notes Alfredo Relaño.

Alfredo Relaño reacts to Real Madrid's win over Shakhtar Donetsk and Atlético Madrid's defeat to Liverpool in Wednesday's Champions League action.

Vinicius has stepped up under the guidance of Carlo Ancelotti, becoming one of Real Madrid's key men this season.

After recent indifferent form, Barça delivered a well below-par performance in Vallecas where they only managed one shot on target in the 90 minutes

El Clásico of the new normality - Cristiano and Messi are no more - was won by Real Madrid because they are a) more ready and b) because they have Vinicius.

Vinicius was instrumental as Real Madrid ran out 5-0 winners in Kiev on Tuesday night in one of their easier games the season.