Cristiano Ronaldo is always the main focus of attention whenever Real Madrid play but it was Karim Benzema’s time to shine in their match against Borussia Dortmund.
Benzema bagged two goals at the Bernabeu as Real Madrid opened up a 2-0 lead – although the Germans struck back to take top spot with a 2-2 draw.
Not only that, the brace took the French striker on to 50 Champions League goals – a fact marked by a slew of congratulatory tweets.
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Benzema is the 6th player to reach the 50-goal mark in the #UCL! pic.twitter.com/TspM8GdXJO
— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) December 7, 2016
Highest scoring striker currently playing the game (50 goals). Karim Benzema for the haters #ucl pic.twitter.com/IYNKyn3V0j
— ㅤ (@RMadridFever) December 7, 2016
Meilleurs buteurs de l’histoire de la LdC :
1️⃣ Ronaldo ⚽️ 95
2️⃣ Messi ⚽️ 93
3️⃣ Raul ⚽️ 71
4️⃣ Nistelrooy ⚽️ 56
5️⃣ BENZEMA & Henry ⚽️ 50 pic.twitter.com/R7yEIuVzPK— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) December 7, 2016
Karim Benzema 50 Champions League goals (Tied 5th with Henry)
Overtaken tonight
Di Stefano (49)
Ibrahimovic (48)
Shevchenko (48) pic.twitter.com/cFq8u4ukqe— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) December 7, 2016
Karim Benzema is the 6th player to reach 50 Champions League goals (Messi, Ronaldo, Raul, van Nistelrooy, Henry). #UCL pic.twitter.com/rnZ7pgmwFc
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) December 7, 2016
His display even earned praise from a great of the game.
Benzema makes the difference#Bvb#RMBVB
— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) December 7, 2016
And it wasn’t just his goals which had people talking…
.@Benzema #UCL #beINUCL #RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/TuS0mMlhmx
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) December 7, 2016
