Cristiano Ronaldo became the joint third highest scorer in Real Madrid’s history on Sunday night with his 290th goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Elche. The victory put Real four points clear of Barcelona who slipped up 24 hours earlier against Malaga and it also moved Ronaldo up another notch on Madrid’s all-time goals list. Across almost two decades Spain international striker Santillana scored 290 goals in 645 games from his debut in 1971. It has taken Ronaldo just 281 games to match that total and he is now only 17 goals from second placed top scorer Alfredo Di Stefano and 33 behind all-time leader Raul.
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Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema opened scoring  in the 56th minute
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The Frenchman had bicycle kick unfairly ruled out for offside
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Real ace Cristiano Ronaldo added second with superb header
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Carlo Ancelotti's side are four points ahead of second-placed Barcelona
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Real Madrid XI: Casillas; Carvajal, Varane, Pepe, Marcelo; Lucas Silva, Kroos, Isco; Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale
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Elche XI: Tyton, Damian, E. Roco, Lombán, Albacar, Niguez, Pasalic, Adrian, Víctor, Fajr, J. de Jesus
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