Real Madrid resumed training at Valdebebas the morning after their league win at home to Las Palmas. Gareth Bale got back on the ball, while Dani Carvajal and Karim Benzema were also seen out on the turf, whereas Rafa Benítez will be sweating on Luka Modric, who sat out the action after being substituted at half-time on Saturday night with a hip knock.

With all the players who started in the 3-1 win over the Canary Islanders restricted to recovery work, the session was most notable for providing a glimpse of how the club's walking wounded are doing on their respective roads to recovery.

There was good news where Keylor Navas is concerned, as the first-choice goalkeeper went about his business normally again, having been rested in the latest league fixture as a precaution because of a minor muscle strain. The Costa Rican should be fit to take on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League midweek.

Also training at full pelt are Sergio Ramos, Pepe and Álvaro Arbeloa. Another defender, Carvajal, meanwhile, did drills by himself on one of the training pitches.

Benzema is another player targeting a comeback against PSG, although the Frenchman faces a fitness race between now and Tuesday night. For now he has stepped up the intensity of his individual exercises and resumed working with the ball. The latter is also true of Bale, although the Welshman still has a little while to go until he is ready to return, especially with Benítez wary of taking any risks following another calf injury.

Modric did not take to the pitch at any point. The Croatian midfielder had some physiotherapy in a bid to help nurse his niggling hip problems ahead of the PSG match and the tricky trip to the Sánchez Pizjuán to take on Sevilla next weekend.