Real Madrid vs PSG LIVE result: Karim Benzema scores twice but PSG come back to earn draw
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Your support makes all the difference.Paris St Germain scored two late goals in the space of three minutes to battle back for a 2-2 draw at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday and secure top spot in Group A at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Real had sealed their place in the knockout stages for a record-extending 23rd successive year thanks to Club Bruges' 1-1 draw at Galatasaray earlier while PSG had also already qualified.
Yet they still served up a thrilling game with top spot on the line as well as pride after PSG had crushed Real 3-0 back in September.
Karim Benzema knocked into an empty net to give Real the lead in the 17th minute of his 100th Champions League start and the French forward doubled the advantage with a 79th minute header.
Yet Kylian Mbappe immediately reduced the deficit in the 81st minute, capitalising on a mistake from Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois before Pablo Sarabia equalised in the 82nd.
PSG's fightback added to concern in the stands after Real winger Eden Hazard hobbled off in the second half with an ankle injury, although substitute Gareth Bale almost snatched a winner when he struck the post in added time from a free kick.
PSG top Group A with 13 points from five games while Real are second on eight. Club Bruges, who Real visit in their final game next month, are third on three points, while Galatasaray, who will travel to PSG, are bottom with two.
Real were cruising in the first half but the game looked set to be shaken up when PSG were awarded a penalty and Courtois was shown a red card for hauling down Mauro Icardi in the area.
But the referee overturned both decisions following a VAR review, and awarded Real a free kick instead for a foul on Marcelo in the build-up.
Madrid, who had won five of their previous six games, produced a dominant display from start to finish but were let down by slack defending in the closing stages.
They should have killed the game off long before Benzema's second but were repeatedly denied by their former, much-loved keeper Keylor Navas.
The Costa Rican, who won three consecutive Champions League crowns with Real before moving to Paris at the start of the season, made 10 saves, including a stunning block to deny Benzema from point-blank range.
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What time is the game?
The game kicks off at 8pm on Tuesday November 26.
The game is being broadcast on BT Sport ESPN with coverage getting underway at 8pm.
Subscribers can also stream the game live online via the BT Sport website.
Predicted XIs
Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Valverde, Casemiro, Kroos; Bale, Hazard, Benzema
PSG: Navas, Meunier, Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat, Marquinhos, Verratti, Gueye, Di Maria, Mbappe, Neymar.
What are the odds?
Real Madrid 5/4
Draw 11/4
PSG 9/5
Real Madrid 1 - 0 PSG
69 mins: Marquinhos is brought down by Marcelo who is shown a yellow card. Eden Hazard is subbed off and Gareth Bale is brought on. There's a few murmurs in the crowd at the substitution but nothing too bad.
Real Madrid 1 - 0 PSG
72 mins: Bale takes on Meunier over on the left wing but he overruns the ball and it goes out for a goal kick.
Real Madrid 1 - 0 PSG
75 mins: End to end stuff at the minute. Marcelo wins a corner for Real Madrid after a change of pace from Mbappe got the ball into the box for PSG before Madrid got it away.
Real Madrid 1 - 0 PSG
78 mins: Luka Modric is brought on for Real Madrid as Valverde is subbed off. It feels as though Real Madrid need another goal to be comfortable in the last ten minutes.
Real Madrid 2 - 0 PSG - Benzema
79 mins: GOAL! Real Madrid get the ball forward with an aerial ball to Modric. He is checked by a defender but manages to flick the ball out to Isco who heads it out wide to Marcelo. Marcelo floats the ball to the far post and Benzema meets the cross to double Madrid's lead.
Real Madrid 2 - 1 PSG - Mbappe
81 mins: GOAL! The cushion doesn't last long for Madrid. Meunier gets forward and crosses the ball low into the box. The ball bounces off Varane and Courtois and comes to Mbappe who taps it into the open goal.
Real Madrid 2 - 2 PSG - Sarabia
83 mins: GOAL! They're level! What a strike!
Bernat slides the ball into the box from the left wing, Draxler hits it first time but the ball is deflected. It falls to Sarabia who boots the ball at goal and finds the top of the net. PSG are back in the game!
Real Madrid 2 - 2 PSG
87 mins: Close! So, so close! Real Madrid win a corner and its sent into the middle of the box. Varane jumps highest and wins the header but puts it past the wrong side of the post.
Real Madrid 2 - 2 PSG
90 mins: There's going to be four minutes of added time to be played. Plenty of time for someone to get a winner.
Real Madrid 2 - 2 PSG
90+2 mins: Real Madrid work the ball up the pitch and Carvajal has space to shoot, he does but doesn't connect and Navas takes hold of the ball.
PSG then break quickly, Mbappe gets in behind and only has the keeper to beat. He has options to but the ball back into the box but takes on the shot and hits the side netting.
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