Karim Benzema opened the scoring when he met Vinicius Jr’s cross from the left with a stunning header.
The French striker doubled the lead soon after with another fine header from a cross from Luka Modric.
Kai Havertz pulled one back before half-time but an Edouard Mendy error allowed Benzema to score a third.

That is six goals in two Champions League games for Karim Benzema. Three against Paris Saint-German, three more last night. What a player he has turned out to be. After the many claims for Gareth Bale, and the emerging talent of Vinicius Junior, it is Benzema who has blossomed outside the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo.

This was his 37th goal in 36 matches in 2021-22 and his 11th in the Champions League, a record for a French player.

Yet, leave the numbers aside, and this was simply a masterclass in the art of finishing and leading the line. Benzema frightened the life out of Chelsea’s back-line.

He crept up on them, he vanished into thin air and reappeared when they least expected it, he made them jittery and error-prone. His two first-half headers were fabulous, powerful and accurate in equal measure, and his third less than a minute after the second-half restart, ripped the heart out of Chelsea’s revival. They have a mountain to climb now.