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Chelsea were shaken to the core when Karim Benzema ran riot at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final. Real Madrid handed the world champions a rude-awakening and, with a second successive loss under the Blues' belts after they were also beaten at home by Brentford, Thomas Tuchel's side edged closer to making notching a third for the first time in twenty years.

Though, in spectacular fashion, the west Londoners bounced back and roared into back into form with a six-goal demolition of Southampton. Marcos Alonso opened the scoring for Tuchel's side and, momentarily, Mason Mount doubled Chelsea's lead at St Mary's. Timo Werner threw his hat in the ring five minutes later before Havertz then netted the west Londoners' fourth blow of the bout.

Goals continued to flood the south coast as Werner chalked his second of the afternoon inside a few minutes of the restart. Mount then netted the Blues' sixth of the afternoon before Ralph Hasenhuttl finally reined in his troops and shut up shop.

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Speaking in the post-match press conference, Tuchel stressed the importance of Chelsea getting back on track. The German boss detailed the adversity that his side have faced lately.

He said: "It was necessary that turned things around, but we came from a long streak of winning and then we had the international break. Then we had five days where things don't feel the same as before. So it wasn't a huge turnaround, it wasn't necessary to