Germans romp to victory at Stamford Bridge as Serge Gnabry brace and Robert Lewandowski strike punish Frank Lampard's side in Champions League before Marcos Alonso sees red.
Serge Gnabry starred as Bayern Munich seized control of their Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea with a resounding 3-0 win in the opening leg at Stamford Bridge.
After a dominant opening half in which Thomas Muller hit the crossbar, the Bundesliga leaders β facing Chelsea for the first time since losing to the Blues in the 2012 final β took the match away from their hosts in the space of three second-half minutes.
Gnabry, who scored four in a 7-2 rout over Tottenham in Bayern's last trip to London, netted a brace when twice combining brilliantly with Robert Lewandowski, who got Bayern's third with 14 minutes remaining.
With Bayern in the ascendency ahead of the return fixture on home soil, Chelsea's misery was compounded when Marcos Alonso was sent off late on.
Match Events
28' Massive save from Caballero on Lewandowski
SAVE! Great save by Caballero! A Chelsea throw is picked off and Bayern work it quickly into Muller, who plays a clever reverse ball in behind for Lewandowski. The striker lets it run across him, but Caballero is out quickly and blocks the poked effort!
43' Alonso's shot stopped by Neuer
WIDE! Alonso meets the cross in the box and directs his header towards the far corner, but it sails just wide of the post!
49' Yellow Card! Jorginho booked and will miss the 2nd leg
Jorginho picks up a needless yellow card for dissent after Kimmich clatters into Kovacic. He will miss the second leg on suspension.
51' GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Bayern (Gnabry)
GOAL!!! GNABRY PUTS BAYERN IN FRONT! The winger cuts inside from the left as Azpilicueta slips, before sliding a reverse ball through for Lewandowski down the left. The striker then cuts it back to him as he arrives at the penalty spot to tuck into an empty net! It's 1-0 to Bayern!
54' GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Bayern (Gnabry)
GOAL!!! GNABRY STRIKES AGAIN!! Neuer goes long to Lewandowski and there's a quick exchange between him and Gnabry again, before the former slides a pass into the box for the latter. Caballero tries to close the angle, but Gnabry tucks it just inside the far post with his left foot!
66' Injured Coman replaced by Coutinho
Coman pulls up while chasing a ball down the right and limps off the pitch holding his right hamstring. He is forced off now, with Coutinho coming on in his place.
76' GOAL! Chelsea 0-3 Bayern (Lewandowski)
GOAL!!! LEWANDOWSKI MAKES IT 3-0! Davies goes on another superb run down the left, beating two or three defenders as they dive in desperately in a futile attempt to stop him. The youngster gets to the byline and gets his low cross perfect, allowing Lewandowski a simple tap-in at the back post! It's 3-0 to Bayern!
83' Red Card! Alonso sent off
Alonso, having initially been shown a yellow card for a coming-together with Lewandowski, is now shown a straight red after VAR look at the incident! The Spaniard appeared to strike his counterpart in the face and is sent off!
Feddiklnpz
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jiuabdopry
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Bayern will be in Champions League final with PSG, Juve, or Real Madrid
BelloFCB
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Bayernmunich the tigers of London.
blackpilot
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If you want to Host a Scoring Campaign,Call LewanGOALski.......
hiybnotu
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nice Chelsea, we tried...yol laugh but we got banned n most of our young player know nothing bout the big league.. so laugh as you may....soccer is a round sphere Bayern got wat they wanted today...we will have our next laugh..maybe 3 seasons or what. but I'm proud of the kids...
TmBwoy
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nice tactics with wrong players.... The idea of playing Giroud in this game was good as he was there as the target man when Bayern was blocking our possession from the back.... Yes Giroud did well by winning possession n air balls the third half, creating a counter attacking chance of which Mount couldn't utilize. Now Willian who has a lot if pace should hv started this game ahead of Barkley for that runs n chances created by the target man( Giroud). Jorginho wasn't at his best as there wasn't anyone attempting a run for his long balls. Chelsea missed a workaholic Kante in our midfield. Bayern was the best on day n kudos to them.
SabinMessi
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German team are enjoyed to play with london club first leipeizg beat tottenham 1-0 and now bayern beat chelsea 3-0.
blackpilot
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in the era of Messi and Ronaldo be someone like lewandowski
Sedabeksy
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the German machines
AkimRaingers
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Bayern Munich trashing London club in champions league has better love story then twilight π
just chelsea to be trash, not liverpoolπ
Xanderr
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Gnabry goals WiFi connects only in England ( London) tottenham 4-0 Chelsea 2-0
You never see him in Bundesligaπππ
Nizalosy
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Chelsea fans right now
Zakcdmopsu
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only Liverpool can deal with bayern Munich very well
blackpilot
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Robert Lewandowski is the best striker in the world and has arguably been the best player in the world this season.
Xanderr
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Talking points: β’ Clear gap in quality they bring Coutinho from the bench we bring in Willian. They sub Gnabry off we take off Barkley. β’ Lampard did the best tactic he could and it was working till the personel changed I think Willian doesnt have the heart for big games like this even Barlley outperformed him. β’ Willy Caballero was Chelsea man of the match by a mile and the only reason it stayed 3 and not more. β’ Donkeys in defence is our problem yall wanted Zouma and Tomori out when ideally they are our 2 best defenders at the club. β’ Frank is inexperienced but he isnt a bad coach, tell me what you can do against a team with 10x more quality than yours it's like telling Pep to coach Ipswich town to beat Man City no matter how great the coach you are asking too much and are being deluded. β’ Second leg we will be BETTER cos by then the likes of Kante, Loftus Cheek, Pulisic, Odoi will all be fit and believe me when I say these 4 players must be on the pitch together if we want to go somewhere at all with the team. β’ Lastly, back your team. I promise you if the shoes on the other foot and Bayern were losing while having a ban etc. their fans would back their club so why are our fans crying and moaning and saying some ridiculous stuff like Lampard out when we all knew in our hearts that we were losing. Thankfully it wasnt something ridiculous like 5 to 7 goals, a standard 3 goal sweep 2as what I was expecting anyway so at least I've been realistic. β’ This team needs an overhaul, I've said it on repeat for weeks the quality of experience is not good enough we are a side with 1 world class player while they are a side that brings a world class player off the bench, take Bayern as a template that's what we should aim for building. They have an amazing balance between young players and world class players surrounding the young players. We are more dependent on young players than older ones which tells you everything....
Well done full paragraph and very Long...but the summary of above is that you will be kicked out in Alianz π€£π€£π€£
JohnMc2018
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Since when did this app became a farm for likes? Haha, @JohnMc2018 πππ
For the past 993 days apparently π€·ββοΈπ€π
AliAhmedAhaw
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Serge Gnabry in london lewanGoAliski
JohnMc2018
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Since when did this app became a farm for likes? Haha, @JohnMc2018 πππ
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Mancitymydna
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Bad season for the English clubs. So far 3 English clubs have all lost their first legs matches. Letβs see how it goes on the second legs.
PierreMushongi
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Bayern Munich wearing red tonight proved to be crucial. Chelsea thought they were playing against Man Utd. #thetrollingengines[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Soscdiklps
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lampard should cancel the the return league pls
blackpilot
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If beating North London clubs was an art Bayern would have been Arsenal Hotspur Chelsea.
Yu1
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Chelsea got 37 ball possession pls help me to confirm this Chelsea was playing at home or Away π€£π€£π€£
Youngpalee
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Any need travelling to GERMANY for the return leg of match??
Appiahrich
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Lampard must be serious Chelsea is not meant for losing. Come on Frank
kuhacmrtu
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Some teams are suffering outside hereπππππππ
blackpilot
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Even if North London united against Bayern they'd still receive a Well deserved Trashing.
MosesOngaya
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What did you just say Chelsea better team than man united after I disgraced your shameful Chelsea thrice this season, twice at home 8-1,You are still bold enough to call Chelsea a better team... You need a brain replacement surgery man... I have nothing to tell you
take Europa league cup and we see bro
ben9ice
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avoid Chelsea fans this night
Sabareesh_____
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4th position with young players and no signings for over a year
thats not the problem from bayerns or from any other Bundesliga team side
Sabareesh_____
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We know most the sides wont go through same for every league sides like Leipzig, Chelsea etc. we are teams that are good enough to be in the competition but ultimately arent good enough to win it. 1 team from each league will probably go forward as usual... Maybe only Serie A, EPL and La Liga will see 2 teams progress past this round the UCL isnt easy. Bayern, Juve, Atlanta, Liverpool, Madrid, Barca, Spurs, PSG will all most likely go through their rounds...
Leipzig and bvb will go through too...mark ma word
Nuwkmort
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Bayern 5-1 arsenal arsenal 1-5 Bayern =10 Bayern 7-2 Spurs Spurs 1-3 Bayern =10 Chelsea 0-3 Bayern Chelsea be aware of the second leg , is going to be 7-2 ====10
sinlnprs
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we will get our revenge in three weeks
blackpilot
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I mean the way Bayern has conquered north London, they surely speak German there...
Fibilnrtyz
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Mourinho predicted the scoreline
quadsimodo
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yep but dont try and mention Liverpool yall know what happen last season YNWA
Yes i know... hence why i said βLondonβ clubs
AkimRaingers
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chelsea noobers
leo_akpomemike
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Lampard out he has no clue whatsoever
Appiahrich
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Oh no I didnβt know Azpli is poor like this. He was the problem today.Lampard must transfer all his defenders but none of them is a defender
abdulshaheelsalihu11
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finally,that song,London bridge is falling down has been updated to Stamford bridge is falling down
Floribertmukala
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this game just summarised The mistake Lampard has been doing. Lampard is to blame for this loss, We were no near Bayern munich, they were all over Us. Lampard keeps switching the formation and the players. he doesn't know his best 11, or I think he has some issues with some players, Tomori was our best defender at beginning of the season, He surprised everybody and show improvement in game after game......where is he now? Kepa is definitely our best goal keeper.. even though he was conceding goals in every game he is not the only one to blame for that. Ross Barckley has been on the bench all season then after the sudden he played one good game (not a great game)against Tottenham...here he go, Barckley start against bayern munich, what do you think will happen? zouma didn't start the season so well but he show improvement in every game, his partnership with tomori was getting better and better. then the sudden Zouma was dropped... he is one of the experience defenders We have, he played alongside JT..... were is he now? Emerson The best left Back We have... were is he ? suprise suprise not even on the squad.! he said pulisic had a small injury, what type of small injury takes week? he said odoi is injured, are u sure? all this players I have mentioned they are young, they have plenty of room for improvement and they shows that as the season was progressing. but what does frank do? he starts dropping them..... Frank need to remember he is building the team for the future, he need to play them so that they can improve. what does he do? he keeps playing azplicuata on the left back.. instead of emerson. all this Fact just shows Lampard is holding Chelsea back with his lack of squad management And issues with some of his players. and this need to stop now.
Pekka24
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Congrats estera your team won
Keybemoprt
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Juv vs Bay final will be classic
Alsidir
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The conclusions for today match is the young generation lack of experience, they have missed communication, missed so much chance, and easy to fall. The seniors lack of aura i mean leadership hahaha especially when the seniors don't dribble to much maybe afraid to Bayern its normal its UCL yo!... they also afraid to try from the outside box and don't even encourage the juniors.. That's all Thank you
blackpilot
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Name: Bayern Munich.. Job: Making sure they disgrace all North London teams [Crylaugh]
PhantomDViper
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ππ after the rape by man United baryen Munch game and double rape them. So today who you guys gonna blame xD