Gary Lineker and Arsene Wenger agree on Karim Benzema after classy Real Madrid hat-trick

Karim Benzema's hat-trick performance for Real Madrid has seen him hailed as one of the all-time great No 9s.

The Los Blancos star scored a second-half treble as the Spanish side overcame the odds to knock out PSG and advance into the last eight of the Champions League.

PSG had a 1-0 lead from the first-leg and doubled that as Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring on the night.

But Benzema singlehandedly hauled the Spanish giants in to the quarter-finals with three goals in the space of 17 minutes.

The Frenchman has become his team's talisman in recent years following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and underlined his importance on a historic night at the Bernabeu.

Gary Lineker tweeted: "Karim Benzema is indisputably one of the greatest number nines of all-time."

Meanwhile Arsene Wenger said on Bein Sports: "For me he is the complete football player - he has absolutely everything.

"What I like about Benzema is that he's a team player and everything he does looks simple. You always think you could do what he does - that is a supreme intelligence

"He has taken a new dimension since Ronaldo left. He took more responsibility and he grew. I must say I admire the year 1987 - Benzema is 87, so is Suarez, Messi and Cavani.

"Benzema looks like he's getting better every year. I'm a big admirer of his game."

The Frenchman's match winning performance also saw him rewrite Champions League history.

His treble means he becomes the oldest man to score a hat-trick since the competition was reformatted back in 1992 - breaking the record previously held by Olivier Giroud.

Benzema's goal tally in the competition is now 76, placing him fourth in the all-time list behind Ronaldo, Messi and Robert Lewandowski.

The striker said after the