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 – facing Chelsea for the first time since losing to the Blues in the 2012 final – 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!
Kenny26
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after using north London as his kitchen for cooking tea he now took whole London now for his kingdom
BrazilForever36
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No worries Blues.. We're in a learning stage now. They were always the better side even before the year has started. Only if we had experienced strikers, the scoreline would've been different. Always Keep The Blue Flag Flying High. 💙💙💙
DaFlyingCat2001
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Name: Serge Gnabry Job: Scoring against teams in London
AkwaabaFC
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prakashcr7
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Bayern Munich trashing London club in champions league has better love story then twilight 😂
AhmedSido90
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Just when I thought Lewangoalski has turned to Lewanassistski he finds away to score😅
quadsimodo
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Bayern v London Clubs in recent years: Bayern 10-2 Arsenal Bayern 7-2 Tottenham Bayern 3-0 Chelsea
elnilsen99
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Gnabry goals WiFi connects only in England ( London) tottenham 4-0 Chelsea 2-0
DarkKing2010
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Things you seldom watch in 2020 : 1 - London Teams win on Bayern 2 - Chef Gnabry doesn't make beautiful Plates for London Teams 3 - Lewy not scoring in a Match
king-bumzay
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Chelsea defence through out second half[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Edoo87
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Serge Gnabry's cooking again in London 👨🍳
condition
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Gif here. Like me: http://bit.ly/3cb9Zwy
as_win10
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Thiago’s game by numbers vs. Chelsea: 92% pass accuracy 17 ball recoveries 5 interceptions 4 tackles won 1 key pass What a performance. 🙌🙌🙌
Honcho__
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Gnabry is a London killer, he has painted the North, East, West and South of London completely Red
blackpilot
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If you want to Host a Scoring Campaign,Call LewanGOALski.......
maycmoruz
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What happened to the in-form Chelsea??🤔😂😂😂
deufms
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🎵Stamford bridge has fallen down🎵 fallen down🎵 🎵fallen down 🎵Stanford bridge has fallen down🎵 revenge is sweet😁
ilimitededition™
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Breaking News: Chef Gnabry has officially opened a new branch of his restaurant in London today. ..
JamesWalker
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Name:- Bayern Job:- Smashing London clubs
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Talking points: • Clear gap in quality they bring Coutinho from the bench we bring in Willian. They sub Gnabry off we take off Barkley. • 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. • Willy Caballero was Chelsea man of the match by a mile and the only reason it stayed 3 and not more. • Donkeys in defence is our problem yall wanted Zouma and Tomori out when ideally they are our 2 best defenders at the club. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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....
Nadan7
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The Bayern-SEA is Bigger Than the Chel-SEA
Mobanos
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Shocking performance but the result was inevitable... Kante is out, we don’t have a solid striker, we barely even have a world class player now that Hazard left and Kante injured I love this team and I’m so proud of us this season but all I was expecting is top 4 in the league and I think we will get there 🙏 We have had adversities we had to overcome. Our youngsters are doing phenomenal. It’s franks first year We should be proud. Bayern are just too strong right now. Made incredible signings the last few years and players like Kimmich have grown to become world class Our time will come again 🙏💙
kkstyles04
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Chelsea fans were taking big big things before match and now .. shame on u
Yeah lol I'm unable to find those[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
⚽CR7FOREVER⚽
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No worries Blues.. We're in a learning stage now. They were always the better side even before the year has started. Only if we had experienced strikers, the scoreline would've been different. Always Keep The Blue Flag Flying High. 💙💙💙
Chelsea fans were taking big big things before match and now .. shame on u