Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema said he knows he must score more goals after helping his side past Viktoria Plzen at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.

Benzema opened the scoring as Madrid hung on for a 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen. The result puts the European champions level on points with Roma in Group G of the Champions League and offers under-fire boss Julen Lopetegui some respite ahead of this weekend’s trip to the Camp Nou.

The Frenchman has struck six times in 13 matches this term, but Los Blancos’ attack has been criticised.

And the 30-year-old knows he needs to find the net more regularly, having recorded just 31 goals across the past two seasons.

“Tired? No. I know I have to make more goals,” he told AS.

“I have it in my head and it gives me a lot of motivation to do it.”