Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has shown support to his Chelsea counterpart Edouard Mendy after the Senegal international produced a costly error in the first-leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Stamford Bridge.
It was the Karim Benzema show in west London as the Frenchman fired home two first-half headers in quick succession to give Carlo Ancelotti's side a 2-0 lead inside half an hour. Kai Havertz pulled a goal back before half-time to give Thomas Tuchel hope but the two-goal lead was restored shortly after half-time.
With many in the ground yet to take their seats for the second 45 minutes, a weak tackle from Antonio Rudiger and a calamitous pass from Mendy gifted Benzema an open goal to complete his hat-trick. He duly obliged, rolling the ball into the net from 30 yards to give Chelsea a mammoth task in the Bernabeu next week.
