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Thibaut Courtois has played down talk of Real Madrid being fortunate to progress into the last four of the Champions League after a dramatic two-legged tie against his former team Chelsea.

Los Blancos eventually dumped the reigning champions out of the competition, but not without the Blues putting up quite the fight as they were tasked with overturning a 3-1 deficit from the first leg at Stamford Bridge. Thomas Tuchel's side came incredibly close to what would have been a shock victory and while they did win on the night, it wasn't enough.

Mason Mount opened the scoring inside the opening 15 minutes, before Antonio Rudiger's second-half header ensured the tie was now level on aggregate. Timo Werner put Chelsea in front having made it 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu, but a magical moment from Luka Modric to tee up Rodrygo sent the game into extra-time.

Having been kept eerily quiet for the majority of the 90 minutes prior, Chelsea failed to nullify Karim Benzema in extra-time and the Frenchman's 96th minute header was eventually enough to send the hosts through despite a valiant effort from their visitors.

The Blues were the better side on the night, but the extra bit of quality Real Madrid can call upon ensured they are still in