Málaga travelled to Real Madrid on Thursday evening and were only undone by a hat-trick from Ronaldo, two from Benzema and one each for Di Maria and Marcelo.
Di Maria, Benzema and Marcelo gave Real Madrid a 3-0 half time lead and then a second half hat-trick from Ronaldo and a second for Benzema sealed it for the home side. Real go back to being seven points behind the leaders Barcelona in La Liga.