Real Madrid skipped past Sevilla in La Liga as they won 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Sunday.
The victory leaves Los Blancos level on points with Barcelona at the top of the division, but Real have a game in hand.
First-half goals from Nacho and Cristiano Ronaldo gave Madrid a strong lead at the interval as the traveling side struggled to find form and fluidity.
Stevan Jovetic hit back for Sevilla early in the second half, but replies from Ronaldo and Toni Kroos crushed the visitors' intentions.
Madrid rang the changes as Marcelo, Casemiro, Luka Modric, Isco and Karim Benzema were replaced by Nacho, Mateo Kovacic, Marco Asensio, James Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata.