4 records that Benzema broke in Real Madrid’s 5-2 win over Liverpool in Champions League Round of 16 clash
Benzema record UCL: Karim Benzema was on fire last night as the Frenchman scored a brace in Real Madrid’s 5-2 win over Liverpool in the UCL.
The Round of 16 clash also saw Junior score a brace alongside a strike from Militao as Real Madrid once again proved their title credentials.
Karim Benzema has scored more goals against the English ‘Big Six’ than Luis Suarez, despite never playing in the Premier League 🤯🏴 pic.twitter.com/Beweale10G
— LiveScore (@livescore) February 22, 2023
While Junior took home the MOM award for a scintillating performance, Benzema wasn’t to be left behind with his display.
The striker broke some records on his way to a brace in helping Real Madrid take sizeable advantage in qualifying for the Round of 16.
Without further ado, let’s have a look at the 3 records Benzema broke last night.
5th most wins in UCL
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Yesterday’s win was Benzema’s 91st in the UEFA Champions League which equaled the record of Barcelona’s Xavi.
With that, Benzema became the 5th player with most wins in the Champions League competition.
Only Messi, Muller, Casillas and Ronaldo are the next in line in this illustrious list.
3rd most UCL goals for a single club
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Benzema became only the 3rd man to hit 75+ goals in the UEFA Champions League for a single club.
Only Ronaldo (105) and Messi (120) have scored more goals than him for Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Despite not being not able to replicate last season’s brilliance, Benzema has scored 18 goals across competitions.
This makes him and Junior joined top scorers for Real Madrid in the 2022-23 season.
Most goals vs Liverpool in Europe
With his brace last night, Benzema has now scored most goals against Liverpool in European Cup and UCL history than any other player (6).
6 – Karim Benzema has scored more goals against Liverpool than any other player in European Cup/Champions League history with six, scoring four of them at Anfield, also the most by an away player in the competition. Brilliant. #UCL pic.twitter.com/NBiQ3EeM1H
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 21, 2023
He was level with Drogba for this record but is the sole and proud owner of it after his brace.
Goals in Consecutive seasons
Karim Benzema missed a large part of the Group stage owing to injury but returned for the crucial Round of 16 clash.
In his 2-goals scored, Benzema joined Messi for the record of scoring in most consecutive UCL seasons (18).
Players to score in 18 consecutive Champions League seasons:
🌟 Lionel Messi
🌟 Karim Benzema*end of list* pic.twitter.com/wEhozWTLqX
— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 21, 2023
With Messi’s future up in the air at PSG, we may not see him next season in Europe. But only time will tell.
However, Benzema is going strong and will be key in next season’s competition as well which could see him become the outright winner.
