BBC Sport - Real Madrid 3-0 Celta de Vigo Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 400th career goal as Real Madrid laboured to victory over Celta Vigo and reduced the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona. Celta had wasted a number of chances before Karim Benzema capitalised on shoddy defending by prodding home. Ronaldo, who had been largely anonymous, then made sure of victory by converting Daniel Carvajal's cross. And in the dying seconds of the match, Ronaldo added gloss to the scoreline after being put through by Gareth Bale. Bale, a 65th minute substitute, found the former Manchester United man with a fine cross and Celta were helpless to prevent Ronaldo thumping into the roof of the net. Cristiano Ronaldo on target Cristiano Ronaldo has scored twice in a match on 30 occasions, more than any other Real Madrid player in La Liga since 2000 He has scored 28 goals this season, more than any other La Liga player in all competitions. Ronaldo's brace, which saw him become the fourth highest scorer in Real Madrid La Liga history, masked what had been a pedestrian performance by a Real side who are now five points adrift of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in third. The Portugal captain has now scored 400 goals in 653 games for his club - taking his season's tally to 28 - and it could be a memorable seven days for the Real forward as the Ballon d'Or award, for which he is favourite to win, is announced on 13 January. A minute's silence was held before kick-off in memory of Portuguese great Eusebio. who died aged 71 from a heart attack at the weekend. Ronaldo seemed to pay his own tribute to his much-loved compatriot by raising his arms to the sky after his second landmark goal. It was not Ronaldo's most polished performance, but he still managed to help Real clinch a handsome win. Celta will look back and regret a number of missed opportunities, with Brazilian Charles the main culprit. The striker hit the side netting early on and fluffed another chance after the break, shooting wide with just Diego Lopez to beat. Moments later the visitors paid the price for their profligacy when Benzema took advantage of a mix up in the Celta defence to stab the ball home. The goal lifted Real's spirits with Ronaldo dragging a shot across goal before he found the target moments later with a toe-poke at the far post. Celta's threat diminished from there on and once again they failed to contain Ronaldo as he struck for the 400th time in a Real shirt. Bale, who returned to training last week after recovering from a calf injury, was the provider with Welshman making another telling contribution for his new club. Real Madrid 25 López 15 Carvajal 12 Marcelo 19 Modric 03 Pepe 04 Ramos 22 Di María (Bale - 65') 14 Alonso (Illarramendi - 45') 09 Benzema 23 Isco (Jesé - 62') 07 Ronaldo 01 Casillas 11 Bale 17 Arbeloa 18 Nacho 20 Jesé 21 Morata 24 Illarramendi Celta de Vigo 13 Rodríguez Oterino 02 Mallo Novegil 19 Castro Otto 04 Oubiña 22 Cabral 30 Costas 24 Fernández Booked (Agudo Durán - 69') 08 López Sánchez Booked (Krohn-Dehli - 60') 11 Dias de Oliveira (Mina Lorenzo - 77') 12 Alcántara do Nascimento 14 Orellana 01 Álvarez Conde 06 Vila Pereira 10 Agudo Durán 15 Aurtenetxe 17 Madinda 23 Krohn-Dehli 29 Mina Lorenzo Ref: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo