Lyon 0-3 Bayern: Gnabry & Lewy set up UCL final showdown with PSG

Bayern Munich's relentless march through this season's Champions League continued as they brushed aside Lyon to book an 11th appearance in the final of the competition and a showdown with Paris St-Germain.

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Bayern Munich's relentless march through this season's Champions League continued as they brushed aside Lyon to book an 11th appearance in the final of the competition and a showdown with Paris St-Germain.

The German champions have barely had a glove laid on them in Europe this season, with this their 10th straight Champions League win - equalling the record for winning streaks in the competition set by Real Madrid in 2015 and Bayern themselves in 2013 - as part of a 28-game unbeaten run stretching back to December.

And Lyon simply did not have ability or approach over the 90 minutes to buck that trend.

The French side will be left to rue two missed opportunities in the opening quarter, though, with Memphis Depay shooting wide after running clear before Karl Toko Ekambi struck the upright from close range after cutting in from the right.

Moments after the latter effort, Serge Gnabry moved infield and fired a stunning opener for Bayern, who never looked back.

Gnabry also scored the second, with a much simpler finish, following up to tap in after Anthony Lopes had blocked Robert Lewandowski's scuffed effort from point-blank range.

Ekambi could have made matters interesting had he been able to find a way past Manuel Neuer after being set up by Houssem Aouar, but the chance went begging and Lyon's belief with it.

Philippe Coutinho saw a finish ruled out for offside before Lewandowski had the final word, scoring for the ninth European game on the bounce with a header - his 15th in the competition this season.

Bayern's win ends their run of having lost the previous four Champions League semi-finals in which they had appeared. It also keeps them on course for a treble of trophies in Hansi Flick's stellar debut campaign as coach.

Sunday's final promises to be a thriller, pitting arguably the best side in world football against one of the planet's finest forward lines.

Match Events

0' Players are warming up before the game

0' The match is about to start!

4' Depay misses a golden chance!

11' CHANCE! Goretzka's shot too weakly

13' Boateng makes a timely block

17' POST! Ekambi nearly score

18' GOAL! Lyon 0-1 Bayern (Gnabry)

25' Gnabry's powerful shot denied by Lopes

30' Lewandowski's effort stopped by Lopes

33' GOAL! Lyon 0-2 Bayern (Gnabry)

38' Lewandowski almost goal for Bayern

43' Goretzka's shot hits Lewandowski

45' Half Substitution! Sule in, Boateng out

51' Lopes denies Perisic's shot

56' Marcelo's header stopped by Neuer

57' Subs! Dembele replaces Depay

58' Neuer denies Ekambi's effort

63' Subs! Coman in, Perisic out

72' Goretzk makes a timely block

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75' Subs Gnabry out, Coutinho in

78' Coutinho's shot wide out

80' Disallowed! Coutinho scores but the goal is offside

82' Pavard & Tolisso in, Thiago Alcantara & Goretzka out

88' GOAL! Lyon 0-3 Bayern (Lewandowski)

Line-ups

Lyon XI: Marcelo, Anthony Lopes, Marcal, Depay, Ekambi, Cornet, Dubois, Denayer, Guimaraes, Aouar, Caqueret

Subs: Tatarusanu, Rafael, Traore, Mendes, Tete, Andersen, M Dembele, Adelaide, Jean Lucas, Bard, Cherki, Diomande

Bayern XI: Neuer, Boateng, Perisic, Alaba, Muller, Lewandowski, Thiago, Goretzka, Gnabry, Kimmich, Alphonso Davies

Subs: Martinez, Ulreich, Coutinho, Sule, Tolisso, Coman, Odriozola, Lucas, Pavard, Cuisance, Hoffmann, J. Zirkzee