‘With a comeback like that you go crazy!’: David Alaba explains his viral goal celebration with a chair after Karim Benzema’s hat-trick helped Real Madrid knock PSG out of the Champions League
- David Alaba has discussed his wild, unrestrained goal celebration with a chair
- The Real Madrid star lifted a chair above his head after Karim Benzema’s goal
- Benzema scored a second-half hat-trick to help Real beat Paris Saint-Germain
- The Champions League last-16 tie ended 3-1; 3-2 to the LaLiga side on aggregate
Real Madrid’s David Alaba has opened up on his wild goal celebration with a chair after Karim Benzema’s stunning goal against Paris Saint-Germain.
From 2-0 down on aggregate in the Champions League last-16 tie, Benzema scored an 18-minute hat-trick to win the tie 3-2, with his third sparking wild scenes from players and fans inside the Bernabeu.
Amid the pandemonium, Alaba picked up a white plastic chair and threw it to the ground – but the celebration, which quickly went viral on social media, was unplanned, insists the Austrian defender.
David Alaba (right) celebrated Karim Benzema’s hat-trick goal with a white plastic chair
Footage from fans showed how Alaba reacted during Real’s Champions League win vs PSG
Striker Benzema (right) scored an 18-minute treble to turn the game around on Wednesday
He said: ‘It’s good to try a new celebration from time to time. The seat was great.
‘I didn’t think about it much, it was the emotion. With a comeback like that you go crazy!
‘The fans didn’t leave us alone out on the pitch, they were behind all our play and we were able to pay them back for it. It was a magical night!’
The bizarre moment was caught by television cameras which only endeared him further to the Real faithful.
Fans were left in stitches over Alaba’s bizarre, hilarious goal celebration on Wednesday night
Alaba even posted a picture of the moment on his social media pages after the game, with the caption: ‘Don’t you sit in our chair!’
Fans on social media lapped up the Austrian’s celebration with one comparing it to a WWE match made famous for using steel chairs as weapons.
One said: ‘My man was playing WWE TLC [tables, ladders and chairs] match.’
Another added: ‘Ngl this my new fav celebration.’
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