Five-star Real Madrid cruises past Legia Warsaw

Madrid - Holders Real Madrid edged towards the last 16 of the Champions League, but disturbances between visiting Polish ultras and the police marred a 5-1 win over Legia Warsaw at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.

Five fans and two police officers were treated for minor injuries after clashes outside the stadium before kick-off.

UEFA had already ordered the return match between the sides in two weeks' time be played behind closed doors due to violence and racist abuse in Legia's opening 6-0 defeat in Group F to Borussia Dortmund last month.

Once the action got underway, Madrid had way too much firepower as Gareth Bale, a Tomasz Jodlowiec own goal and Marco Asensio handed the host a comfortable half-time lead despite Miroslav Radovic's penalty.

Lucas Vazquez and Alvaro Morata came off the bench to round off the scoring after the break.

Dortmund beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1 in the other game in the group, meaning Madrid and the German side remain tied at the top of the pool on seven points.

Real and Dortmund will mathematically seal their place in the last 16 should they repeat their success over Legia and Sporting respectively on November 2.