(LIVE) Champions League: Chelsea vs Bayern Munich

FULL-TIME: CHELSEA 0-3 BAYERN MUNICH!!! Chelsea go into the second leg in Germany with a three-goal deficit. 90′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Bayern) Thiago comes off for Goretzka 87′ STATS!!! Bayern Munich have reached the Champions League knockout stages for the 12th consecutive season – only Real Madrid (23) and Barcelona (16) are on a longer run. The […]

(LIVE) Champions League: Chelsea vs Bayern Munich

FULL-TIME: CHELSEA 0-3 BAYERN MUNICH!!! Chelsea go into the second leg in Germany with a three-goal deficit.

90′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Bayern) Thiago comes off for Goretzka

87′ STATS!!! Bayern Munich have reached the Champions League knockout stages for the 12th consecutive season – only Real Madrid (23) and Barcelona (16) are on a longer run. The Bavarians have made it past the round of 16 in seven of the last eight campaigns, the only exception coming last season when they were eliminated by Liverpool.

85′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Bayern) Serge Gnabry is not allowed to get a hat-trick as he’s withdrawn for Corentin Tolisso.

83′ RED CARD!!! Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso is sent out by VAR after an encounter with Lewandowski.

76′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL……Robert Lewandowski fires home for Bayern after a neat pass from Davies. Chelsea 0-3 Bayern

73′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Chelsea) Azpilicueta goes off for Pedro as Lampard switches to a 4-2-3-1 in the closing stages.

66′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Bayern) Coman is forced off after an injury, with Coutinho coming on in his place.

63′ PENALTY APPEAL!!! Thiago hits a shot at goal which appears to strike Christensen on the elbow, but the defender’s arms were by his side and nothing is given.

61′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Chelsea) Giroud also goes off for Abraham

61′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Chelsea) Lampard makes a double change, with Barkley going off for Willian

59′ OVER!!! Gnabry (Bayern) should have his hat-trick but he sends his stikr over the bar.

49′ YELLOW CARD!!! Joshua Kimmich (Bayern) is booked

54′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLSerge Gnabry gets  a brace as he doubles Bayern’s lead. Chelsea 0-2 Bayern

51′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLSerge Gnabry puts Bayern ahead. Chelsea 0-1 Bayern

49′ YELLOW CARD!!! Kingsley Coman (Bayern) gets a caution.

49′ YELLOW CARD!!!  Jorginho picks up a yellow card for dissent.

46′ We are back for the second half…

HALF TIME!!! CHELSEA 0-0 BAYERN

45′ YELLOW CARD!!! Thiago (Bayern) gets the first caution of the match after fouling Barkley.

43′ SAVE!!! Alonso (Chelsea) bursts forward from the back and cuts inside Pavard before striking across goal but Neuer is well positioned to parry behind for a corner.

40′ STATS!!! The four previous matches in all competitions between Chelsea and Bayern Munich have produced 17 goals, an average of 4.25 per game.

35′ CROSSBAR!!! Luck seems not to be on the side of the visitors tonight. Lewandowski crosses into the box for Muller, who heads cleverly backwards towards goal, but it goes back off the crossbar.

33′ CHANCE!!! Kovacic (Chelsea) picks up the ball before firing a low ball across goal, but Giroud just can’t make contact to steer it on target!

29′ WIDE!!! Muller (Bayern) picks the ball up on the left before bending a good strike towards the far corner from outside the box but it flies just past the post.

28′ SAVE!!! Caballero (Chelsea) is been engaged by the visitors tonight and he’s showing that he’s capable. Muller (Bayern) plays a clever reverse ball in behind for Lewandowski but Cabellero is out quickly and blocks the poked effort!

20′ SAVE!!! Giroud (Chelsea) has an attempt on goal but Neuer (Bayern) blocks. Giroud is first to meet the corner in a crowded penalty area but is unable to get the required power on his header to beat Neuer, who makes a regulation save.

15′  SAVE!!! Thiago (Bayern) picks out a fantastic long ball over the top for Lewandowski, who runs in behind and meets it on the left of the box at a tight angle, but Caballero rushes out and makes himself big, blocking the striker’s effort with his chest!

11′ SIDE-NETTING!!! Coman (Bayern) plays a lovely one-two with Muller that releases him into space down the right before firing towards the bottom-right corner.

9′ WIDE!!! Giroud (Chelsea) flicks the ball for the run of Mount down the right. He cuts inside Davies, but the resulting shot is tame and goes wide of the target.

9′ Slick Bayern: Lively start from the visitors, who already look very slick in possession.

7′ OVER!!! The ball drops for Mount (Chelsea) on the edge of the box and he takes on the volley but he smashes over the bar!

4′ SET UP: Chelsea are in a 3-4-1-2 formation, with Barkley left of Giroud and Mount right.

1′ ATTEMPT!!! Bayern are taking thee game to the Blues from the start and Müller (Bayern) has an effort on goal. However, Caballero (Chelsea) makes a save.

GAME ON…

Opta stats: Chelsea and Bayern Munich’s last Champions League encounter was the 2012 final – the London side won 4-3 on penalties (1-1 a.e.t.) at Bayern’s Allianz Arena.

Bayern Munich substitutes: Joshua Zirkzee, Corentin Tolisso, Sven Ulreich, Alvaro Odriozola, Leon Goretzka, Lucas Hernandez, Philippe Coutinho
Bayern Munich XI (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Benjamin Pavard, Jerome Boateng, David Alaba, Alphonso Davies; Joshua Kimmich, Thiago; Serge Gnabry, Thomas Muller, Kingsley Coman; Robert Lewandowski.
Chelsea substitutes: Billy Gilmour, Emerson, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Tammy Abraham, Kurt Zouma, Willian, Pedro.
Chelsea XI (3-4-2-1): Willy Caballero; Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger; Reece James, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Alonso; Mason Mount, Ross Barkley; Olivier Giroud.

Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard confirmed that N’Golo Kante and Christian Pulisic will be absent for the visit of Bayern Munich.

Line-ups are out…

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