Updated On: 16 March, 2023 11:42 AM IST | Madrid | IANS
Both sides had chances to score in an entertaining first half but Madrid had the best of them, and were it not for the heroics of Alisson in the Liverpool goal, the tie would have been dead and buried long before Benzema`s goal, a Xinhua report said

Karim Benzema. Pic/AFP
Real Madrid booked their place in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night with a 1-0 win at home to Liverpool, giving them a 6-2 triumph on aggregate.
Karim Benzema scored Madrid`s goal in the 79th minute after the ball fell kindly for him in Liverpool`s penalty area, and his side never looked in danger of surrendering their 5-2 lead from the first leg.