Match ends, Getafe 1, Real Madrid 5.
GetafeGetafe1Real MadridReal Madrid5
Gareth Bale reached 16 goals for the first time in a La Liga season as Real Madrid thrashed Getafe 5-1 to move one point behind leaders Barcelona.
Real's seventh successive league win kept alive their hopes of a first title since 2012 and sent neighbours Getafe to the bottom of the table.
Karim Benzema put Real ahead and after Isco made it 2-0 at half-time, Bale raced clear to add the third.
Getafe replied before James Rodriguez and Cristiano Ronaldo added late goals.
Barca, who have taken just one point from the last possible nine, play at home to Valencia on Sunday (19:30 BST).
Real kept the pressure on the defending champions, while Juan Esnaider made a losing start as Getafe's new coach. His side have now lost 11 of their past 13 games.
Real, who beat Wolfbsurg in the Champions League on Tuesday to set up a semi-final with Manchester City, barely had to extend themselves to get the result they needed to go above Atletico Madrid, who play Granada on Sunday (17:15 BST), and into second place.
Coach Zinedine Zidane was able to take off both Bale and Benzema in the second half to give them a rest before Real's midweek league game at home to fourth-placed Villarreal.
Wales forward Bale, 26, set his best Liga tally since arriving in a world-record £85m move in September 2013, racing into the Getafe area from the right and curling left-footed into the far corner.
Ronaldo continued his record of having played every minute of Real's La Liga campaign and claimed his 47th goal of the season, scoring for the fourth league game in a row in stoppage time when he tapped in after being set up by Jese.
Substitute Jese had also created the fourth goal for Rodriguez, who capped in an impressive performance with a cool finish to enhance his side's goal difference after former Real forward Pablo Sarabia had eaten into the lead with a fine strike in the 84th minute.
What they said
Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane: "We are doing our job and are getting closer and closer.
"We are going to bed one point behind, but we can't look beyond that."
Praising Benzema after the France international was told he would not be picked for Euro 2016, Zidane added: "It did affect him and yes he is disappointed, but he is a professional and he knows that on the field he is very important for the team.
"Today he scored and had two assists, so he is very concentrated on what he is doing."
Line-ups
Getafe
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Guaita
- 19SuárezBooked at 43mins
- 15Martín Vigaray
- 5Vergini
- 2PereiraSubstituted forKarim Yodaat 9'minutes
- 14Sánchez GilBooked at 78mins
- 8LacenSubstituted forBuendía Statiat 52'minutes
- 22Rodríguez Villamuela
- 10Sarabia
- 12Scepovic
- 9Vázquez GarcíaBooked at 61minsSubstituted forGómez Bardonadoat 62'minutesBooked at 85mins
Substitutes
- 1Megyeri
- 11Karim Yoda
- 17Mensah
- 18Rodríguez Romero
- 21Gómez Bardonado
- 30Maciel Sousa Campos
- 32Buendía Stati
Real Madrid
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Navas
- 15CarvajalSubstituted forNachoat 52'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 3Pepe
- 2Varane
- 12Marcelo
- 22Isco
- 8Kroos
- 10Rodríguez
- 11BaleSubstituted forVázquezat 57'minutes
- 9BenzemaSubstituted forRodríguez Ruizat 67'minutes
- 7Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes
- 6Nacho
- 13Casilla
- 16Kovacic
- 17Arbeloa
- 18Vázquez
- 19Modric
- 20Rodríguez Ruiz
- Referee:
- José Luis González González
- Attendance:
- 10,951
Match Stats
Home TeamGetafeAway TeamReal Madrid
- Possession
- Home37%
- Away63%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away21
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away11
- Corners
- Home5
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away10
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Getafe 1, Real Madrid 5.
Goal!
Goal! Getafe 1, Real Madrid 5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jesé.
Booking
Nacho (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Nacho (Real Madrid).
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Pablo Sarabia (Getafe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Offside, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos tries a through ball, but Nacho is caught offside.
Goal!
Goal! Getafe 1, Real Madrid 4. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
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Isco (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Emi (Getafe).
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Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Booking
Moi Gómez (Getafe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Moi Gómez (Getafe).
Goal!
Goal! Getafe 1, Real Madrid 3. Pablo Sarabia (Getafe) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Moi Gómez.
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Attempt missed. Juan Rodríguez (Getafe) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Yoda.
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Foul by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
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Emi (Getafe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Rodríguez.
Booking
Pedro León (Getafe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
