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Frank Lampard will struggle to solve Chelsea's scoring woes with belief so low while Fofana endured a night to forget against Vinicius... as smart Real Madrid showed the Blues - and Liverpool - how to succession plan in midfield

Chelsea have it all to do if they're to make the Champions League semi-finals after they went down 2-0 to Real Madrid in the Bernabeu.

The reigning champions simply proved too strong and their cause was helped by Ben Chilwell's red card on the hour mark.

Goals by Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio left Frank Lampard's side well beaten on the night. Sportsmail's DANIEL MATTHEWS reflects on the game with three talking points.

IS LAMPARD JUST A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE?

The jarring facts are these: Chelsea have now failed to score in four successive matches for the first time in three decades.