Real Madrid survived a scare to get all three points from their visit to Bulgaria as goals from Ronaldo and Benzema cancelled out Marcelinho’s effort in a pulsating 90 minutes of football.
Ludogorets 1-0 Real Madrid: Marcelinho (6’)
None of the Real Madrid defenders could deal with a corner that took a touch and fell into the path of Marcelinho’s header at the far post to give the home side a shock lead.
Manchester United loanee Javier Hernandez wins a penalty. Ronaldo fails to convert (11’)
Ludogorets 1-1 Real Madrid: Ronaldo (25’)
Real Madrid get another penalty but this time Ronaldo makes no mistake. He is now at 69 UEFA Champions league goals. He is now 1 ahead of Messi and 2 behind Raul.
Ludogorets1-2 Real Madrid: Benzema (77’)
Super sub Benzema scores to get Real Madrid vital points and put them in a strong position to finish as group winners