Karim Benzema breaks Arsenal legend Thierry Henry’s long standing record

Real Madrid Striker Karim Benzema can’t just stop scoring. The striker has been a very important player for Real Madrid for years but since Cristiano Ronaldo left the club, The player has been leading the club in terms of goals. Even the Striker is still doing what he knows best which is playing with the team. Benzema is not like a regular Striker. He plays as a No 9, 8, 7,11 and even drops to the middle of the park sometimes.

Despite this, He still managed 22 goals in the league last season. In the last 10 games this season, He has scored 10 games and made 3 assists.

 

With his goal against Eibar, The player has now scored 176 goals in 361 Laliga games for Real Madrid. With this , he is now the highest French top goalscorer in one of the Top 5 league except for Ligue1. Benzema has surpassed Henry Record of 175 goals in 258 appearances which was the highest before.

Benzema has scored a total of 260 goals in 530 appearances for the whites.