Karim Benzema had a point to prove. The 28-year-old striker was left out of the side that beat Atletico so impressively at the Vicente Calderon on Saturday and had to settle for a place on the bench in this match too. But he headed home the winner to overshadow Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Lisbon and seal an important win for Real Madrid.
Already two points behind Borussia Dortmund in Group F, Real really needed a win to keep their hopes of topping it alive and a defeat to Jorge Jesus' men could even have threatened their chances of reaching the last 16.