No Cristiano, no goals

While he put his faith in Karim Benzema to fill the goal-scoring void that was left by Cristiano Ronaldo's departure for Juventus, his goalscoring fortunes have dried up in reent matches.

Even though he started with four goals in three games, Benzema has not been able to find the net in the subsequent five matches, starting an obvious debate in the wake of 'CR7's departure.

Real Madrid have only managed to score twice in their last four matches, despite scoring for fun in their earlier games, 'Los Blancos' need to find goals from somewhere.

Gareth Bale had some good chances in the Madrid derby but couldn't find the net as he had earlier in the campaign, Asensio has not quite shown the form for club as he has for country and new signing Mariano only gets substitute appearances.

The European champions are experiencing their worst start to the season, in terms of goals scored, for 11 years, and manager Lopetegui will hope that one of his players can repay the faith he's shown in them soon, or he may have to go shopping in January for a man who can put the ball in the back of the net.