Chelsea are out of the Champions League despite a brilliant comeback that took the game to extra-time, but Karim Benzema left Thomas Tuchel's side feeling blue once again.The Blues trailed 3-1 on aggregate from a nightmare first-leg, but overturned the two-goal deficit after Mason Mount fired them ahead inside 15 minutes, and they levelled the tie within six minutes of the restart.
Antonio Rudiger headed home from a corner before Timo Werner sent Chelsea into hysteria with just 15 minutes remaining, but Rodrygo muted their celebrations with a stunning goal to send the game into extra-time.For all of Chelsea's hard work, they undid their efforts with a lazy start to extra-time, and they allowed Vinicius Jr space to set up Benzema for the eventual winner - via yet another header.
It was a bitter pill for Chelsea to swallow, but they put up some fight in the Spanish capital. Here Daily Star Sport take a look at what Tuchel got right and wrong as Chelsea went crashing out of the Champions League on Tuesday.One surprise inclusion when Tuchel announced his line-up was Ruben Loftus Cheek, even though Reece James was also named in the starting XI.
James is often the main wing-back choice, but Tuchel instead moved him inside and kept Loftus Cheek out wide.Tuchel did this to allow James to use his pace and keep chase with Vinicius Jr, and it looked like being a long night for the young defender as he picked up an early yellow card.
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