Real Madrid During running battle with Molinero

The match between Betis and Real Madrid was a blood-and-thunder encounter contested at a frenetic tempo, with tempers flaring on a number of occasions.

There were several running battles, including between Petros and Karim Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Francisco Molinero. At one point during these skirmishes, the Portuguese star was guilty of aiming a kick at Molinero - who, it just so happens, began his career at Atlético Madrid - off the ball. Fortunately for CR7, the referee's attention was elsewhere and the incident was not spotted by the other officials, so he escaped punishment.

Ronaldo was at the centre of an extremely similar flashpoint just last week against Sporting, when he was equally lucky to get off scot-free.