 A brace from Benzema and goals from Rodríguez and Ramos secured a 4–1 home victory for Madrid against Real Sociedad to finish January.In their first match of February, Real earned a 2–1 win against Sevilla, with goals from Rodríguez and Jesé.Without five regular starters, Real suffered a 0–4 loss against Atlético, with goals from Tiago, a wonderful overhead kick from Saúl in the first half, and goals from Antoine Griezmann and Mario Mandžukić in the second half.