Karim Benzema scored an additional time penalty as Real Madrid pulled off one more amazing comeback win in the Champions League to daze Manchester City 3-1 on Wednesday and book a confrontation with Liverpool in the final matchup.
City looked sure to go through when Riyad Mahrez put them 1-0 up and 5-3 ahead on total yet Rodrygo, scored an extraordinary late double for his team, his goals in the 90th and 91st minutes sending the bind to additional time. With City actually faltering, Real Madrid handled the knockout blow as Benzema dragged the team to the finish line in the end with another momentous fightback at the Santiago Bernabeu. This would be Real Madrid’s seventeenth appearance in the finals.