'Don't sit in our chair!' David Alaba taunts PSG after Real Madrid's comeback win
David Alaba taunted Paris Saint-Germain after Real Madrid completed an astonishing comeback and knocked the Ligue 1 giants out of the Champions League.
Kylian Mbappe’s second goal of the tie appeared to have settled the contest when he outfoxed Alaba and beat Thibaut Courtois at his near post six minutes before half-time.
Karim Benzema dragged his side back into the tie, however, with half an hour remaining when he pounced on an error from Gianluigi Donnarumma, before scoring twice within the space of 60 seconds to send the Bernabeu into ecstasy.
Alaba got carried away in the raucous celebrations which followed the goal that completed Benzema’s hat-trick, manically raising a chair above his head and screaming wildly at his own supporters.
Acknowledging his already iconic celebration, Alaba pointedly wrote on Instagram after the game: ‘Don’t you sit in our chair!’
While Real were able to celebrate their latest in a long line of momentous Champions League victories, PSG were left to contemplate another capitulation of epic proportions, one their manager Mauricio Pochettino struggled to explain.
‘Qualification was decided in the 10 minutes,’ Pochettino told RMC Sport, via Get French Football News. ‘We were the best team over the two games. Football is about managing match moments well. It’s true that we’ve collapsed a bit. It’s impossible to explain.’
When you concede a goal like we did, the game changes, the state of mind in the stadium as well,’ Pochettino continued.
‘The supporters carried their team, everything changed. It’s incredible that the foul on Donnarumma wasn’t looked over by VAR. It’s a very clear foul from Benzema for me.
‘Every angle shows that it was a foul. I don’t understand why VAR wasn’t used at that