Edouard Mendy calamity to gift Karim Benzema goal leaves Chelsea fans raging

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Chelsea fans raging.The Blues keeper was left with his head in his hands as his misplaced pass allowed the French striker to complete his hat-trick and put Real Madrid 3-1 in front during their Champions League quarter-final first leg.Mendy had rushed out of his goal to chest down a Real clearance before attempting to pass the ball across to Antonio Rudiger, only for Benzema to latch onto the tame pass before slotting the ball into an empty.Benzema was able to shrug off the challenge of Rudiger before scoring from almost 30 yards out.Mendy had attempted to rectify his error with a last-ditch sliding tackle, but it was too little too late as Benzema completed a second consecutive Champions League treble.Chelsea fans were quick to criticise Mendy on social media following his error, with one tweeting: “Always been woeful with his feet.

Doesn’t surprise me.”Another added: “Lowest point of Mendy’s Chelsea career," whilst a third wrote: “Mendy is the biggest fraud in the world.”Should Edouard Mendy be dropped by Thomas Tuchel?

Let us know in the comments section below.Meanwhile, a fourth Chelsea supporter added: “Mendy needs to sit for a bit on the bench.

Guy has been making mistakes for a while. Now he is getting punished.”Having already scored two headers past Mendy in the first half, Benzema's goal less than a minute into the second half allowed him to complete his hat-trick and become the first player to score a European treble against Chelsea.Benzema also completed back-to-back Champions League hat-tricks, having previously scored three in the second leg of Real Madrid's round of 16 victory over Paris Saint-Germain.His two in three minutes during the first half were followed by a Kai Havertz goal for the hosts just.