MADRID - Leaders Real Madrid will have their focus back on LaLiga this Sunday after their midweek Champions League close shave and welcome an old acquaintance in Rafa Benitez, who is going through a rough patch with relegation-battling Celta Vigo.

After Real withstood an onslaught from visitors RB Leipzig to secure an arduous 1-1 draw at home that sent them through to the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday they will seek to preserve their seven-point advantage at the top of LaLiga.