Cristiano Ronaldo produced one of the great Champions League performances to fire Real Madrid to victory over Wolfsburg.

Ronaldo's hat-trick sent Real Madrid into the semi-finals as the Spanish giants overturned a first-leg deficit in a 3-2 aggregate win over Wolfsburg.

Ronaldo, so often Real's saviour, cancelled out Wolfsburg's two-goal advantage within 88 first-half seconds at the Bernabeu and his free-kick in the 77th minute proved decisive as Real booked their spot in the last four in style.

Their German opponents would have felt optimistic of sealing a first-ever semi-final spot in Europe's elite club competition after winning 2-0 at the Volkswagen Arena last Wednesday, but they were simply unable to contain Ronaldo.