High and large. Headers and half-volleys. Free kicks and extra.
Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka, Dayot Upamecano, Kim-Min-Jae and Harry Kane look on in the course of the UEFA Champions League final 16 first leg vs Lazio(AFP)
No matter what Bayern Munich tried, the German membership merely couldn’t discover the purpose.
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None of Bayern’s 16 pictures had been on course Wednesday in a 1-0 loss at Lazio within the first leg of the Champions League’s spherical of 16.
Four days after a harmful loss within the Bundesliga, Bayern once more didn’t meet expectations.
Lazio captain Ciro Immobile transformed a penalty kick when Bayern was lowered to 10 males halfway by the second half after the German membership didn’t capitalize on a collection of possibilities.
“It’s been a tough week,” Bayern striker Harry Kane mentioned. “We began effectively and had some clear possibilities. I had one, Jamal (Musiala) had one, Josh (Kimmich) had one from the sting of the field. In these video games, these are huge moments which we weren’t in a position to take.”
Kane was arrange by Thomas Müller immediately in entrance of the purpose seven minutes in however missed excessive with a half-volley.
“They’re the ones you want and I just leaned back,” Kane said. “That’s football and part of being a striker: you’re going to miss them now and again. The main thing for me and the team is to focus on the next challenge. We’re in a difficult spell, there’s no hiding that. We’re not out of it and we’ll never give up. One spark can change a lot and we need to try to find that.”
Together with the 3-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen, the consequence places strain on Bayern and coach Thomas Tuchel forward of the return leg March 5.
“From my perspective, we produced a reaction (to the Leverkusen loss) in the first half,” Bayern’s Thomas Müller mentioned. “We should definitely have taken the lead in the first half. If we’re talking about a reaction, you can’t always discuss the result – which is of course a nice end product for a reaction – but first and foremost, we’re talking about our approach.”
Bayern, a six-time European champion, has reached the quarterfinals or higher in 11 of its final 12 Champions League campaigns — the exception being a last-16 elimination by Liverpool 5 years in the past.
Lazio, which sits seventh in Serie A, misplaced to Bayern in its solely different round-of-16 look three years in the past. But Maurizio Sarri’s staff, which completed second behind runaway Italian champion Napoli final season, has been in strong kind these days, profitable 5 of its final seven league matches.
Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano was despatched off for a foul on Gustav Isaksen and Immobile despatched goalkeeper Manuel Neuer the fallacious approach with the following spot kick. The Italy ahead has now scored Lazio’s final 4 objectives within the competitors, having reached the 200-goal mark in Serie A over the weekend.
“Playing matches like this gives you so many emotions and sharing it with these fans is what we dream of as children,” Immobile mentioned.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Real Sociedad 2-0 within the evening’s different match.
Having already seen its possibilities of extending a run of 11 straight Bundesliga titles positioned in jeopardy after falling 5 factors behind Leverkusen, Bayern now faces an uphill battle in Europe, too.
“Our quality and our expectations as a club is that in moments like these, we stick together,” Müller mentioned. “We will give everything we have in every competition until the very last second. … We know we have it in us, even if we didn’t show it tonight. And who’s to say things won’t look a lot different in three weeks’ time.”
Bayern managed the sport however couldn’t fairly discover the goal early on.
Leroy Sané additionally missed a free kick narrowly large after the half-hour mark.
After the break, Neuer did effectively to smother a close-range effort from Isaksen, who had solely the goalkeeper to beat after receiving a ball excessive from Luis Alberto.
Then Kane missed once more with a header.
Before kickoff, Bayern followers launched flares onto the sector and crammed the guests’ part with hearth and smoke.
After the ultimate whistle, Lazio followers danced within the stands as techno music blasted by the stadium audio system.
It was solely Lazio’s second ever win within the knockout part, after beating Valencia in 2000.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
