Browsing: Karim Benzema

Carlo Ancelotti’s side didn’t get the better of Thomas Tuchel and co on the night, but came out in the five-goal thriller, which will be remembered as an instant classic, as victors on aggregate at the Santiago Bernabeu. Mason Mount got the Blues, trailing 3-1 after a first-leg hammering, off to a brilliant start after only 15 minutes, before Antonio Rudiger levelled the tie shortly after half-time.

The France international is out of contract at the Bernabeu in the summer of 2023, by which point he will be entering the last knockings of his career at the age of 35.