Real Madrid beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final and it was a performance that will have left Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger scratching his head.
Not even half an hour had elapsed and Karim Benzema had rocked Stamford Bridge, two excellent headers putting Real Madrid in firm control of the first leg. Kai Havertz threatened to drag the Blues back into the contest only for an uncharacteristic error from Edouard Mendy to gift Benzema his hat-trick with less than a minute of the second half played.
It was a result that left many watching on shocked. Last season saw a resolute Chelsea defence carry the club to their second European crown but that toughness at the back appears to have vanished.
