Bundesliga
Bayern Munich made hard work of their play-off against Celtic to reach the UEFA Champions League last 16 but the Bundesliga side will nonetheless be delighted to be in the hat for Friday's draw after Alphonso Davies's injury-time strike cancelled out Nicolas Kühn's earlier opener for the heartbroken visitors.
Bayern Munich 1-1 Celtic (agg: 3-2)
Goals: 0-1 Kühn 63', 1-1 Davies 90'+4
Goals from Harry Kane and Michael Olise had given the Bundesliga leaders a healthy 2-1 lead going into their second-leg against the Scottish champions. Both players were soon involved in the return as Vincent Kompany’s side looked to quickly kill off the tie on front of a packed Allianz Arena. Serge Gnabry was denied on the line with a header at the back post from Olise's centre while Kasper Schmeichel was alert to keep Kane at bay soon afterwards. Visiting coach Brendan Rodgers said that anything was possible for his team in Munich in the build-up to this game, and the Bhoys soon responded by creating several decent chances in quick succession. Callum McGregor started the sequence when blasting off target after racing through while Josip Stanišić was alert to clear ex-Bayern second-team player Nicolas Kühn’s effort off the line. Daizen Maeda then twice looked to trouble the hosts before Kane sought to lift the pressure at the other end. Schmeichel was equal to the striker’s power-drive, but there was nothing the Celtic custodian could do when Kane’s next effort crashed against the crossbar.
To the away side’s relief, England’s record goalscorer and the Bundesliga’s leading marksman failed to appear for the second half. Yet, Bayern’s attacking ambitions remained intact and they should have hit the front on the night when Leon Goretzka burst through two minutes after the restart, only to be denied at the last by the busy Schmeichel. The miss would prove costly. Having never before beaten Bayern in the teams’ previous five meetings, Celtic stunned the hosts by hitting the front. A collection of errors in the Bayern defence culminated in Kim Min-jae helping Kühn on his way through and the forward swept past Manuel Neuer with glee to level the tie on aggregate. The six-time European champions responded, with Goretzka heading inches wide before substitute Leroy Sané drove narrowly off target. In inspired form, Schmeichel then kept out Kimmich’s deflected drive as extra-time loomed. In one last throw of the dice, Olise lifted a cross into the area and when Schmeichel could only push Goretzka’s header forward, Davies was there to bundle the ball home to the delight of the home fans.
Teams
Bayern: Neuer (c) - Stanišić, Upamecano, Kim, Guerreiro (Davies 64') - Kimmich, Goretzka - Olise, Musiala (Müller 90'+5), Gnabry (Sané 64') - Kane (Coman 46')
Unused subs: Urbig, Dier, Palhinha, Ito, Boey, Vidović, Laimer, Pavlović
Out: Peretz (kidney)
Coach: Vincent Kompany
Celtic: Schmeichel - Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Schlupp - Hatate, McGregor (c), Engels - Kühn (Hyunjun 69'), Jota (Idah 60'), Maeda
Unused subs: Sinisalo, Bain, Taylor, Scales, McCowan, Nawrocki, Kenny, Murray, Ralston, Bonnar
Out: Bernardo (ankle), Forrest (foot)
Coach: Brendan Rodgers
As it happened...
What drama here in Munich! A last ditch cross from Olise from the right finds Goretzka at the penalty area. He flicks a header goalwards and for not the first time this evening, Schmeichel pulls off a miraculous reflex save. But he can only palm it into the path of Alphonso Davies, who bundles the ball over the line to level the scores and win the tie!
Four minutes have been indicated.
Kimmich takes again, and Celtic head behind for yet another corner. As ever, Kimmich takes the follow-up, finding the head of Stanišić, but it's over the bar
Carter-Vickers clears a Stanišić cross behind for a corner from the left. Kimmich swings it in but Celtic clear again.
Engels fouls Olise on the edge of the Celtic box. The Frenchman takes the subsequent set-piece, firing it into the wall. It falls to Kimmich, who lashes a goal-bound effort that takes a deflection on it's way through, but Schmeichel pulls off yet another fantastic save.
Sané wriggles free on the edge of the Celtic box, managing to maneuver the ball onto his left foot before getting a shot off. It's just wide of the post.
Kimmich plays a cross from deep into the path of Goretzka, who makes a great run into the box. His diving header is a good one, but just curls wide of the left post.
Engels wins the ball in the middle of the park and his first thought is to drive forward. He crosses into Maeda at the far post, who gets around Stanišić to head goalwards. But it's straight at Neuer.
Kompany immediately goes to the bench after conceding. Davies and Sané come in for Guerreiro and Gnabry. Can they help find a way back into this match?
Celtic draw first blood. Maeda refuses to give up on a misplaced pass, winning the ball high up the pitch. He plays it into the path of Kühn, who slots it home into the bottom left to level the tie. Game on!
The French winger twists and turns before getting a shot off with his right foot. Straight at Schmeichel.
...and it's an attacking one. Striker Idah replaces wide man Jota as the visitors try to inject more life into their attack.
Bayern have a promising break. It's worked to Coman on the left, who tries to beat Johnston inside the box, but the Canadian makes a superb tackle to halt the attack.
Kimmich finds Stanišić at the far post. The full-back attempts a driven cross back into the danger area, but he slices it into the side netting.
There's a stoppage in play after the Celtic winger got a ball in the face. He is removed to receive treatment and play resumes.
Huge early chance for Bayern. It breaks for Goretzka, who drives into the box, forcing a fantastic save out of Schmeichel in the Celtic goal.
The ball is rolling again for the second half here. Bayern make one change: Harry Kane is replaced by Kingsley Coman.
A low cross in from Stanišić on the right finds Kane waiting in the box. Bayern's No. 9 curls an effort towards the far post, but it rattles off the crossbar. Schmeichel was beaten...
A really promising-looking attack for Bayern breaks down after Gnabry attempts a through ball for Goretzka, but just miscues his pass.
It comes in from the right, looking for the head of Upamecano, but once again Celtic clear.
Olise gets through down the right channel before cutting it back to Kimmich. The Bayern midfielder's first-time effort is narrowly wide of the right post.
Olise makes a tactical foul on the half-way line to break up a potential Celtic attack.
The winger dribbles past a couple of Celtic defenders before breaking into the box. He gets a shot away from just off the right, but Celtic get a block in.
The Portuguese's attempt at a cut-back is blocked behind for a corner. Kimmich takes, but Schmeichel punches it away.
Kimmich takes again, from the other side this time. It's taken short to Olise, who plays it on to Gnabry, but his attempt at a cross is well off target.
Kane forces a good save from Schmeichel from the edge of the box before Johnston clears the second ball behind for a corner. Kimmich takes, swinging it in from the left, but Maeda clears from the front post.
After a spell of intense Celtic pressure, Bayern are beginning to retake control of this match, dominating the ball inside the Celtic half.
Celtic keep coming. This time Engels gets down the right, searching for Maeda at the far post with a low cross. Stretching, the Japanese international can't steer it goalwards.
Jota does fantastically well to beat Stanišić down the left before crossing to Kühn at the far post. The German squeezes a shot past Neuer, but Guerreiro is there to clear it off the line.
The high Celtic press rewards the visitors with possession high up the pitch. McGregor goes clear, but his left-footed effort is well over the bar.
Olise gets to the byline down the right channel from where he crosses to Gnabry at the back post. The German heads it goalwards, but Johnston makes a crucial block on the line.
Stanišić plays a low cross in from the right looking for Musiala at the penalty spot. Celtic manage to make a vital intervention before it reaches his foot.
The ball is rolling here in the Allianz Arena.
Likewise for Brendan Rodgers, there are four changes to his Celtic side that beat Dundee United 3-0 over the weekend. Johnston, Engels, Maeda and Kühn all come in for Ralston, McCowan, Idah and Yang, who drop to the bench.
Neuer (c) - Stanišić, Upamecano, Kim, Guerreiro - Kimmich, Goretzka - Olise, Musiala, Gnabry - Kane
Urbig, Sané, Coman, Dier, Palhinha, Davies, Ito, Boey, Vidović, Müller, Laimer, Pavlović
Schmeichel - Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Schlupp - Hatate, McGregor (c), Engels - Kühn, Maeda, Jota
Harry Kane was on target as Bayern recorded a vital 2-1 win in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 play-off away to Celtic.
Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
Goals: 0-1 Olise 45’ (assist: Upamecano), 0-2 Kane 49’ (assist: Kimmich), 1-2 Maeda 79’ (assist: Yang)
There was an electric start to the action at Celtic Park, as former Bayern man Nicolas Kühn looked to have put the hosts into the lead after only 25 seconds when his low shot from just outside the area founds its way into Manuel Neuer’s bottom corner. The goal was ruled out for offside, though, with Adam Idah adjudged to have interfered with Neuer’s view. Bayern’s first sight of goal came through Michael Olise, who fired straight at Kasper Schmeichel from close range after a one-two with Kane. The balance of play soon tipped in Bayern’s favour after some nervy opening moments, but finding a way through Celtic’s stern defence still proved difficult. Likewise, Celtic showed that they could counter quickly without really testing Neuer. Kane looked as if he was about to put his side into the lead just past the half-hour mark, but could only head straight at Schmeichel with what was an uncharacteristic miss, which he’ll be glad was called offside. Kane’s next close-range header towards the Celtic goal wasn’t called for offside, but instead hit the side netting from a tight angle at the back post. It looked as if the sides would head into the break all square, until Olise cut into the area from the right-hand side before finishing emphatically into Schmeichel’s near top-corner.
Bayern started the second half confidently, with a flurry of corners in the opening minutes resulting in them scoring their second of the game through Kane, who volleyed home from inside the six-yard box at the far post. Celtic thought they might be offered a route back into the game after an extensive VAR review of a challenge from Dayot Upamecano on Arne Engels inside the area. Luckily for Bayern, though, the decision was no penalty. The hosts reacted well to conceding the second goal and did have more possession in Bayern’s defensive third in the following 15 minutes, but couldn’t create a clear-cut chance to get themselves back into the game. Bayern soon regained control, but with a two-goal cushion, didn’t have the same attacking urgency as they had in the previous hour. A lapse in concentration in the Bayern defence almost gave Celtic a route back into the game, but Daizen Maeda could only flash the ball across the face of the goal from a tight angle after rounding Neuer. The hosts’ search for a goal eventually ended when Maeda nodded home from point-blank range, after Vincent Kompany’s side failed to clear from a corner. An uncomfortable end to the game followed for Bayern against both a determined Celtic side and a boisterous home crowd, but they held out for an important away victory ahead of the home leg on 18 February.