Karim Benzema scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid safely booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League yet again at the expense of Liverpool on Wednesday evening.
Protecting a 5-2 lead from the first leg, the holders rarely looked in any danger of shipping one goal - yet alone the three Liverpool required - before Benzema sealed a 6-2 aggregate triumph at the Bernabeu.
The goal was Benzema's 89th in the Champions League, leaving him just two short of Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski as the third-highest scorer in the competition's history.
Other members of the 40-goal club such as Lionel Messi, Thomas Muller, Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe all drew blanks in the latest round of fixtures, but the likelihood of a new member joining in the near future was heightened by Erling Braut Haaland's historic five-goal haul, taking him up to 33 in just 25 Champions League outings overall.
Here, Sports Mole looks at the latest standings in the 40-goal club.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
Goals: 140
Appearances: 183
Ratio: 0.77
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 129
Appearances: 163
Ratio: 0.79
3. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona)
Goals: 91
Appearances: 111
Ratio: 0.82
4. Karim Benzema (Lyon, Real Madrid)
Goals: 89
Appearances: 148
Ratio: 0.60
5. Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke 04)
Goals: 71
Appearances: 142
Ratio: 0.50
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid)
Goals: 56
Appearances: 73
Ratio: 0.77
7. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
Goals: 53
Appearances: 140
Ratio: 0.38
8. Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)
Goals: 50
Appearances: 112
Ratio: 0.45
9. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid)
Goals: 49
Appearances: 58
Ratio: 0.84
10. Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev, AC Milan, Chelsea)
Goals: 48
Appearances: 100
Ratio: 0.48
11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 48
Appearances: 124
Ratio: 0.39
12. Eusebio (Benfica)
Goals: 46
Appearances: 65
Ratio: 0.71
13. Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)
Goals: 46
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.57
15. Mohamed Salah (Basel, Roma, Liverpool)
Goals: 44
Appearances: 79
Ratio: 0.56
15. Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray)
Goals: 44
Appearances: 92
Ratio: 0.48
16. Neymar (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 43
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.53
17. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
Goals: 42
Appearances: 89
Ratio: 0.47
18. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, Manchester City)
Goals: 41
Appearances: 79
Ratio: 0.52
19. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain)
Goals: 40
Appearances: 61
Ratio: 0.66
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