Los Blancos return to eight points above Barcelona with their drubbing of Celta Vigo at the new Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid ran riot against Celta Vigo, putting four past the Galician side to keep their seven-point lead at the top of LALIGA.
Following the wins for the two Catalan sides hot on Los Blancos's tail Barcelona and Girona, Carlo Ancelotti's men needed to match the result when they hosted Celta at Santiago Bernabeu, to keep their advantage.
The hosts put up a vintage performance, unrelenting from kick off, scoring four goals against their visitors. Vinicius opened the scoring, Arda Guler closed it, with two own goals from Vicente Guaita and Carlos Dominguez sandwiched between them.