Ronaldo opened the scoring after 18 minutes, turning Gareth Bale's lob
across goal over the line, before teeing up Luka Modric to smash home a
second just after half-time.
Shakhtar needed a win and a favour
from Malmo against Paris Saint-Germain in order to keep their chances
of reaching the knockout rounds alive but a fine third goal from Dani
Carvajal appeared to end any hopes of a comeback.
Ronaldo
steered in his second and Madrid's fourth after some more good work from
Bale to cap an impressive display, though Alex Teixeira got a goal back
from the penalty spot, before Dentinho's header and Teixeira's clever
finish gave Shakhtar hope.
Madrid saw out a victory to help banish memories of their Clasico
thrashing by Barcelona, although the loss of Raphael Varane to injury
will come as a blow in what was otherwise a largely encouraging 90
minutes for the under-fire Rafael Benitez.
Subdued in the
Clasico, Ronaldo looked determined to make amends and fired over the
crossbar as early as the second minute to signal his intentions.
Madrid were comfortably on top and took advantage with 18 minutes played.
Bale raced onto Modric's pass and lofted a square ball over the
onrushing Andriy Pyatov to the far post, where Ronaldo arrived to nod
the ball over the line despite Yaroslav Rakitskiy's best efforts.
Pyatov reacted well to spurn Ronaldo before the break but Benitez's side looked comfortable with their one-goal lead.
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