The Los Blancos looked to regain control in the second half and a counter-attack restored their two-goal advantage when Benzema slid a pass into Modric, who played a first-time pass for Vinicius to tap into the back of the net for a 1-3 lead.Īny hopes of a Granada fightback ended midway through the second half when Monchu brought down Vinicius with a reckless challenge that drew a straight red card from referee Juan Martinez Munuera, leaving the home side with 10 men.
Granada pulled a goal back towards the end of the first half thanks to an error by Vinicius, who gave away a ball in the middle which led to a Granada break and a Luis Suarez shot that deflected off of Nacho and into the goal, making it a 1-2 at half-time.
Kroos was in the middle of things on the second Real Madrid goal minutes later by playing off a one-two combination with Luka Modric for a pass that met Nacho at the front post and the defender redirected the ball into the net to make it 2-0 for Madrid.