Karim Benzema has written his name in the stars again. Three minutes after making in 1-0 to Real Madrid, the French striker met a beautiful cross from Modric to nod the ball home for his second goal of the first half. He silenced the home crowd.
Karim Benzema has done it again. The striker has spent years reinventing himself, demonstrating that his place at Real Madrid is paramount should 'Los Blancos' want to maintain the level of success they have enjoyed in the last decade.
He has stepped up in the Champions League once again. The Frenchman scored the first goal of the night against Chelsea after a slick move with Vincius. The Frenchman slipped the Brazilian in behind the Chelsea defense on the left wing, Vinicius drove into the box and chipped the ball back across the box to the on rushing Benzema, who met the ball precisely to direct it into the top left corner past a flaying Mendy in the Chelsea goal.
Just three minutes later, 'Monsieur Karim' put his team further ahead. He completed his headed brace after expertly taking advantage of a quite magnificent Modric cross into the box from the right hand side of the pitch. He directed the ball back across Mendy and watched it nestle in the bottom right.