article_snippet: If only Karim Benzema had netted that ridiculous flick, eh?
article_snippet: Seconds later Nabil El Zhar flashes a shot well over the bar from the edge of the area, not that that statement will surprise Liverpool fans.
article_snippet: but it's straight at goalkeeper Marino.
article_snippet: Benzema plays in Bale and Benzema fires at goal.
article_snippet: Marino saves well but Benzema escapes Benzema grasp and Jese almost reaches Benzema to tap in
article_snippet: but Benzema eventually gathers.
article_snippet: Benzema mixing things up.
article_snippet: Cristiano Ronaldo crosses from the right and Benzema is completely unmarked.
article_snippet: So close to a crazy goal.
article_snippet: Benzema fires over a half-volley seven minutes after the break.
article_snippet: The Portuguese forward effectively set up the Welshman for both goals, albeit unintentionally, and was not best pleased.
article_snippet: Benzema makes a wrong pas and the Bernabeu begins to boo.
article_snippet: Karim Benzema has the ball in the net after Karim Benzema latches on to Marino's save from Lukas Modric's long shot, but the Frenchman is ruled offside by the linesman.
article_snippet: A goal isn't far away.