By Pete Jenson for MailOnline
Published: 22:09 BST, 15 April 2019 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 15 April 2019
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Karim Benzema scored his 18th league goal of the season, his seventh in his last six games, to earn a point for Real Madrid away at modest capital club Leganes.
The two dropped points leave them 13 points behind leaders Barcelona. It could have been worse without their number nine who hasn’t stopped scoring since Zinedine Zidane took over. Gareth Bale continues to have fewer reasons to be cheerful under the new coach – he was left on the bench until the last 10 minutes.
Leganes took the lead with the last kick of the first half. Middlesbrough loanee Martin Braithwaite laid the ball off to the edge of the area and Jonathan Silva opened his body and side-footed a cute finish into the far corner past Keylor Navas.
Karim Benzema celebrates after levelling scoring Real Madrid's equalising goal at Leganes
Welsh winger Gareth Bale came on as a substitute with nine minutes remaining
Braithwaite had missed Leganes’ best previous chance when he headed wide from the edge of the six-yard box on 10 minutes.
The Danish striker had scored against Real Madrid earlier in the season in a 1-0 home win that counted for little in a two-legged cup match that Madrid won. Victory this time would mean a lot more – free Leganes shirts for fans for one thing.
Supporters had been promised, by the club, that anyone buying a shirt in the build-up to the game would be given their money back if the team won this match.
It was