Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said he has not given much thought to next weekend’s Clasico against Barcelona after his side returned to the top of La Liga with a narrow win at Getafe on Saturday.

Defender Eder Militao scored the only goal of the game in the third minute, ghosting between several defenders to head home from close-range from a corner by Luka Modric.

Yet despite their early breakthrough and a dominant performance, Real were unable to break down Getafe’s defensive wall and extend their lead.

Real, who bounced back from dropping their first points of the campaign in a disappointing home draw against Osasuna last weekend, moved on to 22 points, three ahead of rivals Barcelona who have a game in hand and will host Celta Vigo on Sunday.

Real’s chief striker Karim Benzema did not train on Friday and was not included in the matchday squad. The club hope the French forward will be at full strength for the Clasico next weekend, although Ancelotti isn’t looking that far ahead yet.

“The Clasico is still far away, we have another game (against Shakhtar in the Champions League), so I was able to rest players who were tired. Karim, (Ferland) Mendy, maybe others in Warsaw on Tuesday,” said Ancelotti.

“The team deserved to win here, we could have scored more, we kept a clean sheet. These are good things. We weren’t as accurate up front but we’re very satisfied. The team was much more solid, strong in duels, above all, in the air.”

It was Real Madrid’s first La Liga clean sheet this season and defender Dani Carvajal believes it’s important the team continues to be solid at the back for similar matches when they are unable to score several goals.

“It’s clear that we want to score more than one, two, or three, but keeping the clean sheet here gave us the win,” Carvajal said. “Winning by the minimum and keeping the clean sheet makes it more valuable not to concede.”