Bayern 1-3 Liverpool: Mane & Van Dijk finish off Klopp's tactical masterwork

Liverpool made it four Premier League clubs in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk's goals downed Bayern Munich.

Match Events

11' Lewandowski goes down under pressure from Matip

A looping ball into the box comes down to Lewandowski who is able to control it and the Polish striker goes down under pressure form Matip.

The Bayern attacker looks towards the referee for a penalty, but the referee waves play on.

25' WIDE! Firmino's effort wide out

26' GOAL! Bayern 0-1 Liverpool (Mane)

Mane gets played in on the edge of the penalty area by Van Dijk before turning away from both Sule and Neuer who came out to meet him, and was then able to float the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.

Van Dijk showed great vision to drive a low pass into the path Mane who showed great composure to spin away from Sule and the on-rushing Neuer before finding the bottom corner.

34' SAVE! Robertson's shot saved by Neuer

The hosts are starting to come forward now and Liverpool are finding joy on the break.

Mane drives the away side forward before sliding the ball in behind for Robertson, but the Scotsman’s effort is saved at the near post by Neuer.

39' OWN GOAL! Bayern 1-1 Liverpool (Matip)

Sule finds Gnabry down the right who easily spins away from Robertson before whipping a dangerous cross into the area which is turned into his own net by Matip with Lewandowski lurking behind him.

50' CHANCE! Salah's shot saved by Neuer

Salah drives towards the edge of the Bayern penalty area before seeing his left-footed effort saved in the centre of his goal by Neuer.

61' SO CLOSE! Lewandowski almost scores

Gnabry got away from Robertson before driving the ball into the penalty area and Lewandowski was a matter of inches away from putting Bayern in front.

69' GOAL! Bayern 1-2 Liverpool (Van Dijk)

The corner is swung into a dangerous area by Milner and Van Dijk rose above Martinez to power the ball into the bottom left corner and beyond Neuer.

Milner delivers an inch-perfect corner into the area and it was perfectly placed for Van Dijk to attack and power beyond Neuer.

75' Neuer makes a crucial clearance!

Salah does superbly well to get away down the right-hand side before cutting onto his left foot and leaving Rafinha behind just inside the penalty area, but the Egyptian just fails to get the ball under control and Neuer is able to come out and clear the ball.

84' GOAL! Bayern 1-3 Liverpool (Mane)

Moments after coming on, Origi slides the ball out to the right for Salah who delivers a sublime cross into the box with the outside of his foot and Mane is there to turn it home form close range.

Salah has been a real threat all evening and the Egyptian managed to work a yard of space and float the ball in towards the far post for Mane who applied the finishing touches and beat Neuer from close range.

Match Report

Sadio Mane's brace inspired Liverpool to a convincing 3-1 win at Bayern Munich and a place in the Champions League quarter-finals. 

The Senegal forward's excellent 26th-minute opener gave Jurgen Klopp's side a priceless away goal but, in a similar vein to the goalless first leg at Anfield, the action was fitful and error-strewn for the most part.

Bayern were level at the break thanks to Joel Matip's own goal but Niko Kovac's side were never able to mount a sustained victory push.

A typically dominant Virgil van Dijk powered in to leave a forlorn Bayern with a mountain to climb and Mane administered the knockout blow six minutes from time.

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Line-ups

Bayern XI: Neuer (C); Rafinha, Sule, Hummels, Alaba; Martinez, Thiago; Gnabry, Rodriguez, Ribery; Lewandowski.

Subs: Ulreich, Boateng, Goretzka, Davies, Jeong, Coman, Sanches.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson (C); Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Subs: Mignolet, Fabinho, Lovren, Sturridge, Lallana, Shaqiri, Origi.