You know how the old saying goes: Real Madrid are like buses. You don't draw them for over two decades, then two come along in quick succession.
For years it felt like the Blues and Los Blancos were destined to avoid each other, bizarrely not clashing despite both clubs' prominence in the latter stages of Europe's elite competition in the past decade. Thomas Tuchel is facing a quick turnaround from Saturday's humbling loss to Brentford.
Chelsea needs a radically improved level of performance to repel the threat of a revitalised Real Madrid under Carlo Ancelotti in a glamour tie under the lights at Stamford Bridge.
