Real Madrid vs PSG LIVE: Champions League result and final score after Karim Benzema hat-trick
Relive all the action as two of Europe’s footballing heavyweights met in an epic encounter
Karim Benzema’s sensational second-half treble sent Real Madrid through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the expense of Paris St Germain.
The 2020 runners-up looked set for a place in the last eight at half-time with Kylian Mbappe on target again having scored the only goal at Parc des Princes last month.
Fellow Frenchman Benzema stole the show though with a hat-trick after the break and his final two goals were separated by just 106 seconds in a 3-1 win that left Mauricio Pochettino’s men stunned with the pressure now ramped up on the former Tottenham boss.
Relive all the action from the Bernabeu:
Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
54 mins: Disallowed goal! Hakimi wins the ball deep in Real’s half and gives it to Neymar. He slides the ball into the box and gives it to Mbappe. Courtois comes out to close him down but Mbappe dummies the keeper, sits him down and then guides it into the back of the net!
He doesn’t celebrate though and knows that he was offside when Neymar gave him the ball.
Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
51 mins: Since his debut for PSG in September 2017, Kylian Mbappe has scored 157 goals in 206 games in all competitions, 69 more goals than any other Ligue 1 player has scored in that time.
Real Madrid need to score. They need to spark the crowd into life. Marquinhos puts the ball out for a corner that Kroos floats over to Valverde. He strikes the volley and smashes it into a defender.
Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
48 mins: Nearly! Vinicius darts inside from the right and slides a pass into the box for Asensio. He tries to turn it towards goal but Marquinhos blocks the effort.
Second half: Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
Kick off: PSG get the match back underway. They’ve doubled their lead in the first half. Can they go on to win the tie?
Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
Mbappe gives PSG the lead.
Half-time: Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
45+2 mins: Paris Saint-Germain lead at the Bernabeu through a Kylian Mbappe counter-attack. They’ve been threatening on the break all throughout the first 45 minutes and have doubled their lead in this tie.
Real Madrid have everything to do now or else they’re going out.
Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
45 mins: Two minutes of added time to play at the end of the first half.
Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg)
42 mins: Nacho blatantly runs into Achraf Hakimi and takes him out earning himself a yellow card. Vinicius Junior has a few verbals with the referee and talks himself into a card as well. The wheels are coming of for Real Madrid.
GOAL! Real Madrid 0 - 1 PSG (0-2 agg) - Mbappe, 39'⚽️
39 mins: Another counter-attack and PSG score! Real Madrid push up the pitch but the visitors win the ball in midfield. Mbappe immediately begins his run in behind as Neymar flicks the ball over the top to him. Mbappe carries it into the box, opens up an angle to the far post and then whips it at the small gap between Courtois and the nearest upright. It’s a great dummy as the goalkeeper is leaning away and can’t keep it out!
Real Madrid 0 - 0 PSG (0-1 agg)
36 mins: That goal from PSG seems to have woken Real up again. Valverde has a shot from the edge of the box blocked by Verratti before Kroos lifts a cross back into the area. Benzema is wide open and has a free header but whips it wide of the back post.
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