On the day of his hat-trick‚ Karim Benzema equaled his career high for goals in a single match. He is now up to 77 goals for his career‚ which is the highest total for a player. That's more than any other player in the history of the competition. Only Lionel Messi‚ Robert Lewandowski‚ and Neymar can claim more. This season‚ Benzema has scored thirty goals and assisted eleven times. In total‚ he has helped score 41 goals. In the La Liga‚ Benzema has equaled his two career PBs. He has assisted eight other players and has scored five goals. The French international has also been involved in a blackmail scandal and has since returned to the t echipă ahead of the Euro 2020 tournament. While he may not have won the league‚ he is still a huge influence. Despite a lackluster start to the season‚ Benzema has been in exceptional form for Real Madrid‚ and is now just two goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo for the club's top goal-scorer title. After the game‚ the former Manchester United striker now sits at third place in all-time Real Madrid scoring charts. While it was an uninspired first half of the match‚ the team has shown the resilience to survive.
11 - Karim @Benzema 🇫🇷 has provided 11 assists in @LaLigaEN this season, equalling his best assist tally in a single league campaign with @realmadriden (11 also in 2012/13). Supportive. pic.twitter.com/zzgBe6g14l — OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 14, 2022
8 - Karim Benzema 🇫🇷 and Vinícius Júnior 🇧🇷 have now combined for eight goals in LaLiga this season, more than any other duo in the top five European leagues in 2021/22 (7, Florian Wirtz 🇩🇪 and Patrick Schick 🇨🇿 for Bayer Leverkusen in Bundesliga). Society. pic.twitter.com/5kjEUubvoo — OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 14, 2022