Bayern Munich vs. Olympiakos: Winners and Losers from Champions League
“We are hungry, we have a team with a super character and we are enjoying the game, celebrating football”, said Mueller. Douglas Costa opens the scoring for Bayern. Instead Bayern pressed for another goal and was rewarded in the 75th minute as Coman got his name on the scoreboards after heading home Mueller’s assist.
Hakan Calhanoglu capped Bayer Leverkusen’s 3-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt with a glorious goal, the Turkey worldwide curling in a shot from the edge of the box, after a brace from Javier Hernandez, to lift them to sixth place on 20 points.
Three minutes later, Thomas Müller threatened with a volleyed shot that landed wide of the target.
Zenit St Petersburg saw off Valencia 2-0 for their fifth straight European win to secure top spot in Group H. Andre Villas-Boas’ men eased home thanks to goals from Oleg Shatov and Artem Dzyuba.
Olympiacos’ derby match against Panathinaikos was called off due to crowd trouble.
A hapless Marco Silva during his side’s 4-nil drubbing to Bayern Munich. Defensively, however, Silva’s troops were simply outnumbered.
A third goal arrived when Arjen Robben’s clever header back into the centre of the area allowed an unmarked Muller to tap home.
Rummenigge said the reigning German champions are in conversation with the authorities in Gelsenkirchen and wants to see those Bayern fans involved in Saturday’s violent scenes face charges.
Despite dominating for most of the half, the home side were then dealt a blow in the 33rd minute, as Robben fell awkwardly and had to be replaced.
Even with a numerical advantage, Olympiakos were consumed by caution and safety. Of all those tearing the Greek backline to shreds, the quietly effective work of 19-year-old Coman continues to be an impressive feature.
Kingsley Coman was again in the thick of things as Bayern tripled the lead in the 20th minute. The Croatians have lost the lead in their domestic league, were beaten twice by Olympiacos and lost 5-0 at Bayern, and while they performed well on their only previous trip to North London it should be noted that Arsenal held a 3-0 first-leg lead and very much cruised to a 2-1 victory in the second.
With Arsenal running out 3-0 winners over Dinamo Zagreb in the other game in Group F, Olympiacos will have to wait until next month’s clash with the Gunners for their chance to join Bayern in the last 16.
“It’s always important to finish first”, said the ex-Germany skipper.
Jordan Ferri had put Lyon ahead but Danijel Milicevic levelled with a free-kick before Kalifa Coulibaly’s last-gasp victor. “My compliments to the team, we can be pleased”.
Their defeat against Bayern is their only loss in their last 23 fixtures in all competitions, but they are not expected to trouble the hosts.
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