Real Madrid welcomed Malaga to the Bernabeu on Saturday with Carlo Ancelotti's side already five points off the pace at the top of the La Liga table.
The home side had the best of the chances in the first period, but could not make the breakthrough with the scores level at the interval.
Madrid were ahead in the early stages of the second half, however, when Angel di Maria's cross found its way into the bottom corner, before Cristiano Ronaldo made it 2-0 with a late penalty.
Read how it all unfolded in Sports Mole's minute-by-minute live commentary of the action below.
REAL MADRID: Lopez; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Illarramendi, Khedira; Ronaldo, Isco, Di Maria; Morata
MALAGA: Caballero; Gamez, Sanchez, Weligton, Antunes; Portillo, Camacho, Tissone, Eliseu; Samuel, El Hamdaoui