Karim Benzema has equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s report for essentially the most knockout targets in a single Champions League marketing campaign – and he'll fancy his possibilities of claiming the report outright when he faces Liverpool within the closing.
Actual Madrid seemed to be heading out of the competitors till the ninetieth minute of Wednesday’s thrilling semi-final second leg towards Manchester Metropolis, with Rodrygo netting a dramatic 88-second brace to ship the match to extra-time.
Shortly after the restart, Benzema was fouled contained in the field and stepped as much as dispatch the ensuing penalty with aplomb, burying it within the backside nook to safe a 6-5 mixture win.
The Frenchman’s strike was his tenth aim of what has been an unbelievable particular person marketing campaign, having additionally netted twice on the Etihad within the first leg.
Benzema – who's now one aim away from overtaking Raul’s aim tally for Actual – additionally bagged a hat-trick at Stamford Bridge towards Chelsea within the quarter-final first leg, in addition to the netting the winner within the return fixture on the Bernabeu.
That provides to a really outstanding 17-minute hat-trick towards Paris Saint-Germain within the final 16 which despatched the in any other case dominate French champions packing.
In complete, Benzema now has 15 targets this season within the Champions League – having netted 5 occasions within the group levels – whereas he has additionally laid on two assists.
The 34-year-old’s outstanding type in entrance of aim means he has equalled former teammate Ronaldo’s report of 10 knockout targets which the Portuguese celebrity set within the 2017-18 season.
That 12 months, Ronaldo netted 5 targets in a 6-3 mixture win over Bayern Munich within the quarter-final, three targets on the Bernabeu towards Atletico Madrid within the semi-final and a brace within the closing towards Juventus.
Benzema can break the report within the Champions League closing on the Stade de France in Paris later this month and can fancy his possibilities because of his robust report towards Liverpool.
The Frenchman has netted 4 targets in 5 earlier appearances towards the Merseysiders, whereas his seven targets towards English opposition this marketing campaign is essentially the most by a participant in a single season within the competitors’s historical past.
One other attention-grabbing report Actual Madrid can now lay declare to is that they're solely the third group after Partizan and Brugge to achieve the ultimate of the Champions League or European Cup after shedding a leg within the final 16, quarter-final and semi-final.
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