Real Madrid vs PSG LIVE: Champions League result and final score after Karim Benzema hat-trick

Relive all the action as two of Europe’s footballing heavyweights met in an epic encounter

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Karim Benzema’s sensational second-half treble sent Real Madrid through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the expense of Paris St Germain.

The 2020 runners-up looked set for a place in the last eight at half-time with Kylian Mbappe on target again having scored the only goal at Parc des Princes last month.

Fellow Frenchman Benzema stole the show though with a hat-trick after the break and his final two goals were separated by just 106 seconds in a 3-1 win that left Mauricio Pochettino’s men stunned with the pressure now ramped up on the former Tottenham boss.

Relive all the action from the Bernabeu:

Real Madrid vs PSG

• 61’: Benzema equalises after Donnarumma error
• 39’: Mbappe scores on counter-attack
• Real Madrid: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Nacho, Modric, Kroos, Valverde, Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius
• PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes, Danilo, Verratti, Paredes, Neymar, Messi, Mbappe
• PSG lead 1-0 on aggregate after first leg

[9 March 2022 22:16 · Michael Jones]

Karim Benzema hat-trick seals stunning Real Madrid comeback as PSG unravel again

That’s how Real Madrid win, sang the Bernabeu crowd, and that - embarrassingly - is how Paris Saint-Germain lose in Europe. Despite a 2-0 lead on aggregate, and despite that being delivered by the best player in the world in Kylian Mbappe, this Qatari state project have once again crashed out of the Champions League in the most cataclysmic fashion.

This was another night to add to the catalogue of embarrassments, made all the worse because it should have been another performance to add to Mbappe’s growing legend. It instead somehow only added to the legend of Madrid, and the effervescent Karim Benzema, while offering one big argument why Mbappe should join him at the Bernabeu.

For all that a night like this naturally leads to a discussion of the grander consequences - not least Mauricio Pochettino’s future - it should really be about the gloriously enjoyable intensity of the here and now and, above all, Benzema’s display.

[9 March 2022 22:08 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

At 34 years and 80 days, Benzema is the oldest player to score a Champions League hat-trick. He surpasses Olivier Giroud, who was 34 years and 63 days when he hit a treble for Chelsea at Sevilla in 2020.

[9 March 2022 22:05 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

Karim Benzema made his 500th start for Real Madrid in all competitions, becoming only the second foreign player to reach this milestone in the club's history after Roberto Carlos (524).

What a way to celebrate for the Frenchman!

[9 March 2022 21:56 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

King Karim

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[9 March 2022 21:54 · Michael Jones]

Full-time: Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

90+4 mins: What a comeback from Real Madrid! They were two goals down with 30 minutes to play. Step up Karim Benzema.

Three goals in 15 minutes for Real Madrid’s brilliant striker and Los Blancos are into the quarter-finals.

A fantastic European night at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid complete the victory, Benzema is the hero once again.

[9 March 2022 21:50 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

90+2 mins: PSG win a free kick but it’s a long way out from goal. There’s only one man who’s going to take this. Lionel Messi whips the set piece around the wall and gets enough dip and curl to trouble Thibaut Courtois. The goalkeeper leaps across to his left but Messi’s shot lands on top of the goal and goes out of play!

[9 March 2022 21:49 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

90 mins: Oh my! Luka Modric almost settles it with a long-ranged effort that narrowly slips wide of goal. He’s come alive in the last 15 minutes for Real Madrid and they’ve turned this tie on its head.

Four minutes of added time to play!

[9 March 2022 21:46 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

87 mins: Rodrygo takes the free kick and hits the PSG wall. The rebound comes back to him and he belts a second attempt well wide of the goal.

If PSG do score the game will head into extra-time. The away goals rule has been scrapped this year.

[9 March 2022 21:45 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

84 mins: PSG’s backline has completely fallen apart. They have no clue how to stop, Real Madrid’s forward players from bringing the ball into the box. Presnel Kimpembe has just picked up a yellow card but he hacks down Rodrygo just outside the area in a tackle that could easily have seen him pick up another booking.

[9 March 2022 21:42 · Michael Jones]

Real Madrid 3 - 1 PSG (3-2 agg)

81 mins: This game has gone from the Kylian Mbappe show to the Karim Benzema extravaganza in no time at all. PSG have thrown this away. Mauricio Pochettino looks sick on the sidelines.