Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr just love playing against Shakhtar! After the Real Madrid attacking duo put the Ukrainian team to the sword two weeks ago in a 5-0 win, it was showtime again! Although it wasn’t quite as convincing as it was in the reverse fixture, Los Blancos still grabbed a 2-1 victory and another three points as Vini and Benz showed their class once more.Benzema wrote another page in the book of Real Madrid records as he scored the club’s 1,000th Champions League goal. The Madrid club is by far the most successful club in the competition’s history with 13 titles, and tonight they became the first side to reach the magical milestone – a thousand goals. Benzema ⚽️⚽️Vinicius Jr. 🅰️🅰️This duo needs to be talked about more 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/T6dPRVKvlX— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) November 3, 2021 However, the plucky visitors were determined to spoil the party for the Spanish club and they managed to claw level with a well-taken finish by Brazilian midfielder Fernando five minutes before the break.But you simply cannot keep in-form Madrid forwards quiet these days. Looking at the stats, the visitors were fairly equal to their glamorous hosts, but all stats went out of the window around the hour mark when the lethal pair started their irresistible dance again. Vini started a move with a lovely one-two with Casemiro before squaring perfectly for Benzema to apply the finish and beat Shakhtar’s second-choice goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin once more and restore Los Blancos’ lead.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Shakhtar poured forward in attempts to snatch a late leveller, but the best chances came Real’s way. Vini had an injury-time chance to finish off a solo move with goal, but he ran out of fuel at a critical moment. Still, his contribution again proved ever so important as his two assists to Benzema made the win.In the other Wednesday’s early kick-off game, AC Milan could only draw 1-1 at home against FC Porto. Substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic found the net late on, but his celebrations were cut short by an offside decision in the build-up. The draw saw Rossoneri lose all chances to make it to the knock-out round. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEGroup stageTuesdayWolfsburg – Salzburg 2-1 (1-1)/Baku 3, Nmecha 60 – Wober 30/Malmo – Chelsea 0-1 (0-0)/Ziyech 56/Villareal – Young Boys 2-0 (1-0)/Capoue 36, Danjuma 89/Sevilla – Lille 1-2 (1-1)/Ocampos 15 – David (p) 43, Ikone 51/Atalanta – Man.Utd. 2-2 (1-1)/Iličić 12, Zapata 56 – Ronaldo 45+1, 90+1/Dynamo Kyiv – Barcelona 0-1 (0-0)/Ansu Fati 70/Juventus – Zenit 4-2 (1-1)/Dybala 11, 58 (p), Chiesa 73, Morata 82 – Bonucci (og), 26, Azmoun 90/Bayern – Benfica 5-2 (2-1)/Lewandowski 26,61,84, Gnabri 32, Sane 49 – Morato 38, Nunez 74/WednesdayMilan – Porto 1-1 (0-1)/Mbemba 61 og – Luis Diaz 6/Real Madrid – Shakhtar 2-1 (1-1)/Benzema 14, 61 – Fernando 39/23.00: (12.0) Sheriff Tiraspol (5.40) Inter (1.32)23.00: (1.42) Sporting (4.80) Besiktas (8.50)23.00: (2.70) RB Leipzig (3.70) PSG (2.60)23.00: (1.12) Man.City (12.0) Club Brugge (20.0)23.00: (2.70) Dortmund (3.70) Ajax (2.55)23.00: (1.75) Liverpool (3.70) Atl.Madrid (5.40)***odds are subject to change
