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Alan Shearer has told Chelsea that their main task against Real Madrid has to be stopping star striker Karim Benzema when the two teams clash in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

But he adds that it is a task easier said than done. In the last-16, Benzema blew Paris Saint-Germain away with a second-half hat-trick at the Bernabeu to earn a 3-2 aggregate win and set up the quarter-final clash with Thomas Tuchel's side.

Chelsea booked their own place in the last eight with a comfortable victory against Lille. However, having been rocked by Brentford on Saturday the Real Madrid attack may be excited by the prospect of testing the back-line again after the 4-1 defeat in west London.

"It goes without saying that Chelsea’s main task in their Champions League quarter-final starting at Stamford Bridge tomorrow (Wednesday) is to stop him," Shearer wrote in a piece for The Athletic. "But that’s easier said than done.

"A key part of Benzema’s game is his ability to come short, much as Harry Kane is doing so well at the moment. Kane’s