Chelsea vs Real Madrid Match Report | Benzema takes Real Madrid home again

Karim Benzema scored another hat-trick to help Real Madrid take a lead of 3-1 against Chelsea in the 1st leg of the UCL Quarter-final. Ancelotti's men were brutal in attack as Vinicus Jr and Karim Benzema both looked threatening every time they had the ball. Chelsea tried their best but they lacked a finisher like Benzema. Kai Harvetz scored the only goal for the home team and gave them hope in the first half. But, a mistake by Mendy and Rudiger gave an easy chance to Benzema to finish things off. Read the full Chelsea vs Real Madrid match report to get all the key moments from the match.

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Stats from the match

1. This is Karim Benzema's 4th UCL hat-trick which takes him fourth on the list. Only Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo has more than him.
2. Benzema is now only the fourth player in history to score UCL hat-tricks in consecutive matches.
3. Benzema is now also the 4th player to score more than 80 UCL goals.
4. For the first time in 10 years, three different teams have a player with 10+ goals in the same Champions League campaign:

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Messi (Barça)

Ronaldo (Real)

Gómez (Bayern)

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Lewandowski (Bayern)

Haller (Ajax)

Benzema (Real)

Chelsea vs Real Madrid Match report