How Rodrygo fired Real Madrid into Champions League semi-finals with 2-0 win over Chelsea

Frank Lampard had more to say to BT Sport after the loss, including what Chelsea have left to play for this season: "You're playing for Chelsea. So regardless, every game you play you have to give everything. I won't let anyone off the hook and we have to show. That standard cannot drop."

He also spoke about Eder Militao's foul on Trevoh Chalobah early in the second half, which Chelsea felt should have warranted a second yellow card for the defender. "Militao was a second yellow card. Normally a yellow, which means red and playing against them with 10 men like they had at the Bernabeu."

Speaking to the media after his opposite number, Carlo Ancelotti echoed some of what Frank Lampard had to say.

"Chelsea played really well, we were prepared for it," the Real Madrid boss told BT Sport. "They created opportunities, we suffered a lot and Courtois helped (the scoreline) stay at 0-0 at the end of the first half and second half we were much better. We are happy to be qualified.

"We will try (for a 15th Champions League title) but we have another 180 minutes which will be so difficult, but we will try. We are happy to be there because it's not easy to be in the semi-final for another season and we will fight for the final."

With his assist on Rodrygo's first goal tonight, Vinicius Junior has now been involved in 21 goals in his last 21 Champions League appearances, scoring 10 and assisting 11 in that time.

Since the start of last season, is the only player to reach double figures for both goals and assists in the competition.

Federico Valverde is UEFA's Man of the Match tonight after his brilliant assist for Rodrygo's second goal.

Real Madrid have now won their past six Champions League knockout matches, setting a new club record for a winning streak in the competition's knockout stages.

All six of those wins have come against English teams. Only Barcelona (seven in a row between 2014 and 2016) have had a longer winning run against English clubs.

The Athletic’s Simon Johnson, Liam Twomey, Liam Tharme and Dermot Corrigan have analysed all the key issues from this match, including:

• Madrid must keep seizing key moments against Man City
• Courtois comes back to haunt Chelsea
• James battles with Camavinga
• Chelsea can’t find a way to stop Vinicius Jr
• The unexpected cost of Chilwell’s absence
• A Champions League goodbye to Thiago Silva?
• No new manager bounce for Lampard

Real Madrid have reached the Champions League semi-finals for the 16th time, at least four more than any other team in the competition's history (Bayern Munich and Barcelona have each done so 12 times).

Chelsea have now failed to score in 18 matches in all competitions in a season for the first time since 1980-81, when they were shut out in 21 games.

There were positives to take from a Chelsea perspective this evening but knockout football is exclusively about getting a positive result.

Gallagher admitted that he and his team-mates created enough chances to trouble Real Madrid but the quality in the two penalty areas made the difference.

"We played well, we had a lot of chances," the Chelsea midfielder told BT Sport. "We definitely had more, and better, chances than they did, but football is all about taking your chances and we didn't do that today which is disappointing.

"Of course we're gutted but we played some good stuff today. That (cutting edge) is what wins you games and we haven't got that at the minute.

"There was definitely a big improvement today on our recent performances, but you need to score goals to win games. They did that and we didn't."

Rodrygo has spoken to the media about his celebration of his first goal: “I first thought of sliding on my knees, but have a small inflammation (points to leg) and couldn't do that. So I thought of my idol, Cristiano, and I thought I’d do his celebration.

“Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world, and we always know we are almost obliged to reach the semis, to reach the final, and to win the Champions league. So we have that in our heads. We have to do it, play well, and I believe we have been doing that since I came here.”

An evening of drama in Naples has come to an end and AC Milan are into the semi-finals.

Victor Osimhen scored a late header for the Serie A leaders but it wasn't enough to topple their fellow Italians as Milan advance 2-1 on aggregate.

Considering Inter Milan are 2-0 up against Benfica in the other quarter-final on that side of the bracket, we could be set for an incredible Milan derby in the Champions League semi-final...

With that defeat, have we seen the end of Chelsea's season?

They're 10 points behind seventh place in the Premier League and 17 from the top four.

Given how much money they spent in the summer and then in January, it's pretty embarrassing that their season is likely over with almost two weeks left in April.

Chelsea limited Benzema to just three shots before he was taken off, fewer than his number of clearances (four).

That illustrates how effective the hosts' formation was for the first hour of the game, forcing Real into their own box and limiting what they could create.

However, Chelsea's wasteful finishing was their undoing once again.

Unlike Real Madrid, whose incisiveness in the final third was the clear difference between the teams.

Real Madrid weren't at their best over these two legs, but are they ever at their best?

They always know how to get over the line in the Champions League, regardless of how well or poorly they play.

The current holders will likely be written off again heading into the semi-final against Manchester City (or possibly Bayern Munich), but they are the specialists at winning in this competition.