Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that Karim Benzema 's decision to do a panenka for his penalty against Manchester City had been a special plan.
Benzema converted a spot-kick with eight minutes remaining to hand Real Madrid hope for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. While City were dominant at the Etihad in the first leg, they will only take a one goal advantage into the return fixture at the Bernabeu.
Aymeric Laporte had seen the ball strike his hand after a cross came into the box, with referee Istvan Kovacs pointing to the penalty spot. Benzema has been Madrid's talisman on their run to the semi-finals, scoring hat-tricks against both Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.
