Gareth Bale's penalty helped Real Madrid virtually book their place in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, but there was precious little other than the result to please Zinedine Zidane from a laboured display against second division Numancia.
The Welshman coolly slotted home from the spot 10 minutes before half-time.
Yet, despite being reduced to 10 men on the hour mark when Pape Diamanka rightly saw red, Numancia were inches away from an equaliser when Inigo Perez's long-range effort came back off the underside of the bar.
Bale lasted just an hour himself but offered little other than the penalty.
Isco somehow blasted over with the goal at his mercy seven minutes from time, but two late goals put an unmerited gloss on the score line for the visitors.
Firstly, Isco converted Real's second penalty of the night before Borja Mayoral added a third in stoppage time.
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