Niko Kovac has two wins in four days after Bayern Munich were able to ease past AEK with goals from Javi Martinez and Robert Lewandowski
Match Events
11' CHANCE! Gnabry's shot wide out
Gnabry tries his luck as he drifts in off the left, but drags his low drive just wide of the near post! He's looked lively so far.
20' Ponce lashes a shot wide of the near post under pressure!
AEK threaten for the first time from a quick break and Ponce lashes a shot wide of the near post under pressure. He was off-balance and never looked set, but it was an encouraging move by the hosts.
27' CHANCE! Bayern pass up the best chance
Thiago's first touch takes him into the box, but he gets caught between placing the ball inside the far corner and squaring for Lewandowski, and ends up doing neither! The ball rolls harmlessly out of play.
61' GOAL! AEK Athens 0-1 Bayern (Martinez)
The goal comes from an unlikely source! Hummels plays a square ball to Robben following a corner, and the Dutchman's shot is blocked, but falls kindly for Martinez, who volleys home emphatically from inside the box! It's 1-0 to Bayern!
63' GOAL! AEK Athens 0-2 Bayern (Lewandowski)
The Bundesliga giants stroke the ball around the penalty area with ease, moving their opponents around before Rafinha squares for Lewandowski to tap into an empty net!
Rafinha found himself in all sorts of space on the left and squared to the back post to give Lewandowski the simple task of turning the ball home!
66' DANGER! Kimmich's low cross nearly sneaks under Barkas and over the line
The visitors pile the pressure on, and Kimmich's low cross is flicked on by the Pole and nearly sneaks under Barkas and over the line, but the goalkeeper reacts just in time to hold onto it!
Match Report
Quickfire second-half goals from Javi Martinez and Robert Lewandowski secured a routine 2-0 win for Bayern Munich over AEK Athens in Champions League Group E.
The Bundesliga champions hogged possession but generally laboured against a deep-lying home defence during the opening 45 minutes.
Their patience was belatedly rewarded in the 61st minute as Martinez netted in opportunistic fashion.
Lewandowski proved a more familiar goalscoring source two minutes later, moving Niko Kovac's side on to seven points at the halfway point of the round-robin stage.
Line-ups
AEK Athens XI: Chygrynskiy, Hult, Lambropoulos, Mandalos, Bakasetas, Bakakis, Klonaridis, Simões, Barkas, Ponce, Galanopoulos
Subs: Galo, Ćosić, Tsintotas, Oikonomou, Giakoumakis, Alef, Boyé
Bayern XI: Neuer, Rafinha, Martínez, Hummels, Lewandowski, Rodríguez, Thiago, Süle, Robben, Gnabry, JKimmich
Subs: Boateng, Ulreich, Alaba, Müller, Wagner, Goretzka, Sanches
odisseev
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Back in winning ways
repbeirsu
145
you look tired.not bayern
Mishan007
140
winning ways are on
yancynyanti
137
Yeah I'm sad for AEK Athens. Bayern were sluggish but Athens weren't able to cause Bayern a real hard time. And in the end it was the result everyone expected. Bayern won.