Bayern Munich secured their place within the final 16 of the Champions League with a 94th minute strike by Alphonso Davies on Tuesday to safe a 1-1 draw on the night time and a 3-2 mixture win.
Bayern will face both their fellow German rivals Bayer Leverkusen or Spanish giants Atletico Madrid within the final 16.
Celtic had led 1-0 for the reason that 63rd minute and the Scottish facet had been on the verge of taking the German giants to additional time and pulling off their first ever win in Germany.
However with Harry Kane off injured and time operating out, Davies stepped up as Bayern’s saviour, tapping in after Celtic keeper Kasper Schmeichel had stored out Leon Goretzka’s header.
“We had the ball on the sting of the field, so I simply went into the field and did not assume an excessive amount of, simply put a foot out and it went in,” stated an elated Davies.
“That is soccer. The scoreline is what it’s. Crucial factor is that we superior.”
“I am very blissful to get one other objective within the Champions League” stated Davies who had missed three of Bayern’s 4 earlier video games within the competitors.
“It is spectacular, he labored onerous with the rehab group and medical group,” stated coach Vincent Kompany. “We have instantly seen what he affords for the group.”
Bayern went into this sport 2-1 up from final week’s first leg at Celtic Park and in search of to stretch their unbeaten run to seven video games in all competitions.
Bayern dominated possession within the first half however Celtic had been extra harmful with not less than three clear lower probabilities to attain earlier than the break.
Former Bayern Munich second-team participant, Nicolas Kuehn, beat Manuel Neuer however Raphael Guerreiro cleared off the road.
Moments later, Alistair Johnston flashed a harmful ball throughout the Bayern objective. With Neuer stranded the ball flew simply past Daizen Maeda.
Then Maeda missed a golden alternative to place Celtic forward. When Dayot Upamecano was compelled right into a stray cross, Kuehn led the surge ahead and fed Maeda, who blazed over with Kuehn and Jota in help.
Bayern dominated the ball on a freezing night time however suffered with a scarcity of high quality in assault.
Serge Gnabry was wasteful whereas Kane generally lower an remoted determine, starved of service.
– ‘Depth’ –
The England captain’s greatest likelihood noticed him rattling the bar with a snapshot after Josip Stanisic picked him out from the precise.
That may be Kane’s ultimate motion. The striker was withdrawn at half time, feeling the results of an harm picked up in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. He instructed reporters after the sport that he would most likely miss Bayern’s subsequent sport in opposition to Frankfurt on Sunday.
Bayern upped the strain after the break and normal a transparent likelihood when Goretzka went clear by means of. Schmeichel, nonetheless, made a vital cease to maintain Celtic within the sport.
Quickly after, Celtic had been in entrance. Maeda seized on a free cross by Josip Stanisic and helped it on towards Kuehn. Min-Jae Kim reached the ball first however couldn’t clear and Kuehn was capable of take a contact and discover the underside nook.
It was a objective that shocked the Allianz Enviornment and threatened Bayern’s file of 20 European residence video games unbeaten. Celtic had been delivering on coach Brendan Rodgers’ pre-match battle cry to point out bravery.
Bayern sought an equaliser however Kompany’s facet had been diminished to long-range photographs, with Schmeichel pulling off saves from Joshua Kimmich, Michael Olise and substitute Leroy Sane.
Celtic had been moments away from inflicting Bayern’s first defeat by a Scottish group and taking the tie into extra-time however the sport had a sting within the tail. Olise delivered a pinpoint cross that was met by Goretzka.
Schmeichel saved however Davies scrambled the rebound residence off his shin to ship Bayern by means of to the final 16.
“It is the Champions League, we performed in opposition to Celtic facet,” stated Davies. “We knew they’d play with depth so we needed to match that.”
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