Any hopes of Chelsea bouncing back from a 4-1 defeat to Brentford on Saturday were extinguished within the opening 30 minutes of their clash with Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday night.
Thomas Tuchel is looking for his second consecutive trophy in the tournament, but Karim Benzema appeared hell-bent on denying him. Two excellent headers in the first half put Los Blancos in command and he rounded off his hat-trick before many fans had retaken their seats for the second half.
It remains to be seen whether Kai Havertz's header in between the Frenchman's strikes will mean anything. For now, football.london has taken a look at how the national media reacted to the humbling defeat.
