Rafael Benitez hails James Rodriguez after Real Madrid rout Real Betis

30 August 2015 10:17

Rafael Benitez hailed the class of James Rodriguez after he played a starring role in Real Madrid's 5-0 demolition of Real Betis.

Rodriguez scored twice and had a hand in two more while Gareth Bale also had a brace to add to a goal from Karim Benzema.

"James came much later than the rest of the group after the Copa America but is quickly catching up," Benitez said in comments reported by Marca.

"His quality is not a matter of debate."

Benitez declared himself delighted by his team's display, though, ever the perfectionist, he highlighted one or two things he wanted to work on as his side only retained their clean sheet as Keylor Navas saved a Ruben Castro penalty.

"I am delighted with the team's performance," he said. "There are things we need to improve on, but I'll take the positives, with the details to be corrected.

"In the first five minutes we had everything - aggression, intensity and punch for gave them trouble.

"We had one or two moments where we lost focus and we gave away a penalty, but it was overwhelmingly positive. When the players do so well, I do not need to say much."

Source: PA