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Benzema keeps on scoring, Madrid stay close to Barcelona

MADRID: Goal after goal, Karim Benzema keeps putting his World Cup disappointment behind him.

Benzema scored for the sixth time after being dropped from France’s World Cup squad because of an injury, leading Real Madrid to a 2-0 win at Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Sunday.

“He came back with the same quality,” Madrid coach Carlos Ancelotti said. “He helps us a lot in attack.”

The goal allowed Benzema to join former Madrid great Raul with 228 league goals with the club — second to Cristiano Ronaldo’s 311. It also helped Madrid get back within three points of league leader Barcelona, who earlier Sunday had defeated Getafe 1-0 at the Camp Nou.

Toni Kroos sealed the victory for Madrid with a low shot from outside the area in the 90th.

Benzema’s sixth goal in six matches since the World Cup came with a left-footed volley from inside the area in the 24th minute at San Mames Stadium.

“It’s incredible. Karim has been spectacular,” Madrid defender Nacho said. “He continues to help us with his goals, just like he did last season.”

Benzema won the men’s Ballon d’Or award after a great season and had high expectations heading into the World Cup, but he was dropped from France’s squad because of a thigh injury sustained in training just days before the team’s debut.

The only game in which he had not scored after the World Cup was in Madrid’s 3-2 come-from-behind win at Villarreal in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Thursday.

Eighth-place Athletic had advanced past Espanyol in the Copa but remains winless in three consecutive league games. It lost the Basque Country derby to Real Sociedad in the previous round.

Madrid had not won a league game since December.

Barcelona defeated relegation-threatened Getafe

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