Marcelo takes one for the team, bundling his man over as Kroos' pass goes astray. The referee allows the free-kick to be taken, and then blows his whistle for the last time!
89'
Marcelo spins away from his man in the left-back position with a lovely piece of skill, to the great delight of the home fans. They're on easy street now.
84'
Hugo Mallo gets yellow.
Mallo goes into the book in what is, remarkably, the first yellow card of the game.
83'
Aspas comes on for the last few minutes in what is a small positive in a very unhappy game for Celta. Mendez goes off.
81'
Iago Aspas enters the game and replaces Brais Méndez.
T. Kroos has scored a goal for Real Madrid! Assist by Borja Mayoral.
Mayoral squared simply for Kroos, who finished with aplomb. All too easy for Real.
GOAL! Celta have given up now. They shoot themselves in the foot with a terrible pass that goes straight out of play, and it's thrown quickly to Modric, who plays it to Mayoral, and he then lays it off to Kroos, who slots it into the far corner with ease! It's now 6-0!
78'
SAVE! Marcelo slips a cross through a crowded box to Mayoral, but his low strike is saved! Real look like they might have one more goal left in them at least.
74'
Sergi Gómez is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOAL! It's knocked in for a fifth, and it's not pretty. Marcelo slips Asensio in down the left, and his driven cross is turned in by Sergi Gomez at his near post. The Celta players can only look on in despair. It's 5-0 now, and very comfortable for Real.
72'
Lucas Vázquez enters the game and replaces G. Bale.
No hat-trick for Bale tonight, despite playing centre-forward since Benzema was taken off, as he too is replaced. Lucas Vazquez comes on in his stead.
71'
N. Radoja enters the game and replaces Jozabed.
Hakimi gives possession away cheaply, and it's lofted forward for Maxi Gomez, but the flag goes up again against him! Replays show he was level. He looks a very frustrated man.
Substitution Jozabed trudges off for Radoja, having worked very hard in midfield, but to no avail.
69'
Kroos plays Marcelo in nicely on the left, and he digs a wonderful cross to the back post, but the flag is up for offside.
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67'
Celta work an attack well, but their final ball is just lacking again and Madrid play it confidently out from the bakc after winning the ball.
66'
SAVE! Bale gets away well down the left after a switch of play, and squares unselfishly for Asensio, but his shot is saved well by Alvarez!
64'
Borja Mayoral enters the game and replaces K. Benzema.
Marco Asensio enters the game and replaces Isco.
Zidane makes a double change, and Benzema is the first to come off. He looks dejected as he walks off the field - he will have wanted a goal for himself, and won't be happy about being denied one by the offside flag. Mayoral replaces him.
Isco, who has been very impressive today, also comes off for Asensio.
62'
Mallo tries to bend a cross into the box from deep, but Navas comes to claim it confidently.
61'
SAVE! Bale races onto a through-ball, and he's in the clear, but Alvarez is out quickly and gets there ahead of him! He's getting closer.
59'
SAVE! Modric sweeps the ball out to Bale on the right, and he hits it first-time, but it's too central and the goalkeeper saves comfortably. Still no hat-trick, but there's plenty of time left to get it.
58'
NO GOAL! Isco skips away from his man again on the left and reverses the ball for Marcelo, who crosses high for Bale. The Welshman powers his header on target, and the keeper can only push it back into the danger zone, where Benzema diverts it into the bottom-left corner. However, Isco was standing in an offside position and intentionally touched it on its way through.
56'
OFFSIDE! Isco is almost in for a second as the ball is squared to Benzema, before breaking for the Spain international on the left. He cuts inside, but the whistle had already gone as he took his shot! He looks onside from the replays.
52'
A. Hakimi has scored a goal for Real Madrid! Assist by K. Benzema.
GOAL! And it's 4-0! Less than seven minutes into the second half, and the hosts have scored again! Hakimi marauds forward from right-back and makes a clever underlapping run, and his shot finds its way into the back of the net courtesy of some questionable goalkeeping, as the ball deflects in off the inside of Alvarez's leg.
Benzema played a neat one-two with Hakimi and found the young full-back's run well, playing him into plenty of space to have a shot.
51'
Celta are looking very open now as they throw men forward to trya nd get back into the game. Benzema is released in acres of space down the left, but his cross is poor and hits the only defender in his way.
49'
Madrid slice through the centre of the field, and Benzema tries to latch onto a through-ball in behind, but he's just outmuscled and can't take it in.
47'
There's an early scramble as Alvarez nearly gets caught out from a very poor, long back-pass, but they recover just in time to prevent Benzema from pouncing.
46'
P. Hernández enters the game and replaces L. Boyé.
There's a half-time change for Celta, Hernandez replacing Boye.
And Real get the game back underway!
45'
The corner comes to nothing, and the referee blows his whistle for half-time!
44'
Some superb interplay down the right sees Madrid burst past some pressure and switch to Marcelo on the left in acres of space. The left-back powers a cross into the back post that has to be headed behind for a corner.
43'
Hakimi goes on a mazy run from right-back, beating two or three before trying to play a one-two with Benzema, but it's just cut out and cleared.
42'
Real are knocking the ball about with confidence now, just keeping it moving without much penetration. They have the air of a team that believe they've won.
40'
SAVE! Wass gets his head on a delightful cross from the left, glancing it towards goal from the edge of the six-yard box, but Navas reacts quickly to palm it behind for a corner! What a chance to pull one back!
38'
Celta almost work a chance down the left, but the return ball is snapped up by Navas. Real look in the mood now.
36'
A slip on the left almost gives Celta a chance to break, but Kroos performs a textbook sliding challenge to win the ball back for his side. He can do the dirty work too!
32'
Isco has scored a goal for Real Madrid! Assist by T. Kroos.
GOAL! It's 3-0 to Real Madrid! They've blown the opposition away after a sluggish start, and what a goal this is by Isco. Kroos feeds him on the left, and he simply cuts inside Mallo before curling expertly into the far corner from the edge of the box! Beautiful technique, and this game is surely over now.
Kroos gets the assist, but there was plenty left for his team-mate to do when he received the ball from the German!
30'
G. Bale has scored a goal for Real Madrid! Assist by Isco.
Isco showed fantastic vision to see Bale's run, and the execution of the pass was sensational.
GOAL! Bale strikes again! This time, his run is found as the ball is pinged over the top to him on the right. He takes Jonny to the byline and knocks it past him, before running around and smashing the ball into the top corner with his left foot! He's on a hat-trick already!
29'
The ball is switched towards Marcelo on the left, and Bale isn't happy that his run into space was ignored. The ball almost makes it to the Brazilian, however, as Mallo makes a meal of it, but gets it away at the second attempt.
27'
SAVE! Bale strikes a free-kick on the right from some distance towards goal, and a sharp deflection off the wall nearly takes it away from Alvarez, who was wrong-footed, but the keeper recovers in time to take it in.
24'
Isco dances down the left before pulling the ball back for Marcelo, who lofts the ball into the area first-time, but it's comfortably dealt with. Real seem to have settled into the game now, while the visitors have lost their edge a little.
21'
SAVE! Hakimi is getting plenty of joy down this right-hand side, and he skips past Jonny again before smashing the ball goalwards, winning a corner as Alvarez palms it away.
19'
Maxi Gomez latches onto a long ball forward, but he's just strayed offside once again. That was an incredibly tight call.
17'
NO GOAL! Celta work the ball into the box well again, and the ball comes loose in the penalty area after two players collide! Wass lays it back to Maxi Gomez, who slams home, but as they celebrate, the referee rules it out for offside! Breathless stuff here.
16'
MISS! Celta attempt to retaliate, but Maxi Gomez blazes over the bar after good work from Lobotka!
13'
G. Bale has scored a goal for Real Madrid! Assist by L. Modrić.
Modric timed his pass perfectly to Bale, who got well clear of the defence and calmly slotted home!
GOAL! And Madrid go up the other end and score! The goal-kick finds Modric, who plays a pin-point through-ball for Bale, who is racing down the right, and the Welshman shapes to shoot across goal, but drills the ball in at the near post! For all Celta's promise, it's a clinical Real who take the lead!
12'
OFFSIDE! A lovely through-ball by Jonny in behind a disorganised Madrid defence finds Maxi Gomez, but he's just strayed offside! That would have been a huge goalscoring opportunity!
9'
SAVE! Celta look very positive so far, and they win a corner after some promising play down the right. The cross comes loose at the byline, and it's driven goalwards by Boye, but Navas gets a firm hand to it and keeps hold of the ball.
6'
SAVE! Hakimi plays a lovely one-two with Modric and races to the byline before firing a low cross towards Benzena in the centre, but Alvarez is well-positioned in goal to get a touch that takes it behind the striker!
5'
Cela build a promising attack, but it just breaks down in the final third. They've looked bright in the opening few minutes.
2'
Kroos is fouled as Madrid build from the back. Celta are employing a high press early on here. A bold approach at the Bernabeu.
1'
And we're off at the Bernabeu!
The line-ups are out, and we'll start with the home side.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the LaLiga fixture between Real Madrid and Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid XI (4-3-3): Keylor Navas; Marcelo, Raphael Varane, Nacho, Achraf Hakimi; Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Luka Modric; Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Isco
Real Madrid substitutes: Jesus Vallejo, Kiko Casilla, Theo Hernandez, Lucas Vazquez, Marco Asensio, Borja Mayoral, Mateo Kovacic
Celta Vigo XI (4-3-3): Sergio Alvarez; Jonny, Sergi Gomez, Facundo Roncaglia, Hugo Mallo; Jozabed Sanchez, Stanislav Lobotka, Daniel Wass; Lucas Boye, Maxi Gomez, Brais Mendez
Celta Vigo substitutes: Robert Mazan, Ruben Blanco, Nemanja Radoja, Pablo Hernandez, Andreu Fontas, Iago Aspas, Gustavo Cabral
With Cristiano Ronaldo and Dani Carvajal both ruled out and with one eye firmly on the Champions League final, Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane makes further changes from the already-rotated side that lost 3-2 against Sevilla last time out. Only Benzema, Casemiro and Nacho retain their places from that game.
Celta started brightly, posing a threat early on, but a Bale double inside half an hour and a sublime Isco strike has sent the hosts well clear in this one. Celta had their chances, seeing a goal disallowed for offside, while Wass forced Navas into a reflex save from close range, but it would take a minor miracle for the visitors to get back into this one now. It's 3-0 at half-time!
Madrid strolled to victory in their final home game of the season, putting six past a Celta side that started brightly, but soon fell away. Bale netted a brace and Isco hit a stunner in the first half, before Hakimi got in on the act in the second period, with a Sergio Gomez own goal and a Kroos strike completing the rout. Celta were simply blown away by the hosts, who must now hope that Atletico lose their final game of the season as they bid to finish second, but confidence will be high in the Real camp ahead of the real prize - the Champions League. It finishes 6-0 to Real here at the Bernabeu!
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