Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-1 in Sunday’s El Clasico.
Benzema came off with a knee injury during Real Madrid’s 3-0 win at Celtic in the opening group game on Tuesday.
Real Madrid sit top of the table on nine points, level with Real Betis. Barcelona and Villarreal are right behind on seven points.
The 2022/23 LaLiga Santander season has kicked off with some of the biggest stars in world football.
With so much still on the line between now and the end of the LaLiga Santander season, teams will battle like never before to finish the season on a high.
Two quickfire goals from Rodrygo and an extra time penalty helped Real Madrid overturn a first leg deficit against Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Manchester City were two goals up on three occasions before beating Real Madrid 4-3 in a UEFA Champions League thriller.
Real Madrid fought back from 2-0 down to beat Sevilla 3-2 as Karim Benzema’s stoppage-time winner took them a step closer to clinching the title.
“It was a deserved defeat. We weren’t good today. We didn’t defend well and lost too many balls,” Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann said.
Mauricio Pochettino slammed match officials and questioned why VAR was not used to rule out Real Madrid’s first goal against PSG in their 1-3 loss.
