Chelsea vs Real Madrid LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction as Benzema scores hat-trick

LIVE – Updated at 21:48

Follow live as Chelsea’s defence of the Champions League title continues this evening, with the Blues welcoming Real Madrid to Stamford Bridge for a quarter-final first leg.

In a rematch of one of last season’s semi-finals, where the Premier League side emerged as 3-1 aggregate winners, Chelsea and Real will vie to set up a last-four clash with either Manchester City or Atletico Madrid.

The game comes just four days after the Blues’ stunning 4-1 loss to Brentford in the Premier League, though their form was promising ahead of that shock result. Real, meanwhile, saw off Celta Vigo 2-1 at the weekend in a much-needed positive response to their 4-0 thrashing by rivals Barcelona in El Clasico.

The Spanish side - now managed by ex-Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti - have won this competition more times than any other club (13) and showed their pedigree in the last round, with Karim Benzema scoring a second-leg hat-trick to secure an improbable comeback victory over Paris Saint-Germain. Meanwhile, Thomas Tuchel’s Blues eased past Lille 4-1 over two games.

Follow all action from Stamford Bridge below:

Chelsea FC 1 - 3 Real Madrid CF

90 mins: Five minutes of added time to play at Stamford Bridge. There’s still time for Chelsea to cut the deficit but Real Madrid are making it difficult. They staying down after most tackles.

87 mins: Carvajal fouls Mount on the left wing and Chelsea have the opportunity to whip a cross into the box. Reece James swings it into the middle and sends it too close to Courtois who plucks the ball out of the air.

Time is running out for Chelsea to get a second goal.

84 mins: Valverde goes down off the ball and the referee stops the game as Chelsea put together a decent attack on the