Bayern Munich have work to do if they’re to progress to this season’s Champions League quarter-finals after slumping to a 1-0 defeat to Lazio of their final 16 first leg on Wednesday.
Ciro Motionless’s second half penalty proved to be the distinction at Stadio Olimpico on an historic night time for the Italian aspect in Europe. Bayern completed the sport with ten gamers after Dayot Upamecano had been dismissed for his foul that conceded the spot-kick.
Thomas Tuchel’s staff dominated possession and mustered 17 pictures in complete over the course of the sport, but didn’t get a single one on course, whereas Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio labored extremely laborious off the ball to restrict the impression of Bayern’s array of glittering attacking expertise.
Though not a disastrous outcome within the total context of this tie, it actually wasn’t the way in which that Bayern or an underneath stress Tuchel would have wished to reply to final weekend’s complete 3-0 defeat to Bundesliga title rivals Bayer Leverkusen.
How the sport unfolded
Bayern went shut a few instances early on when, first, Joshua Kimmich curled vast from the sting of the field after which Harry Kane scooped over from shut vary an opportunity he would have been anticipated to bury after Thomas Muller’s knockdown. However Lazio have been doing nicely total to maintain the Bavarian giants at arm’s size and in any other case limiting clear sights of purpose.
Regardless of dominating the ball and the tempo of the sport, Bayern discovered the door was repeatedly shut of their face as the primary half progressed, with strikes both breaking down on the fringe of the field or pot pictures from distance lacking the goal altogether.
Lazio have been doing a stable containment job, notably strangling the service to Harry Kane. Bayern possibilities did nonetheless creep in – they only couldn’t take them. Leroy Sane drove a shot inches vast of the publish after the ball had been shifted in a intelligent free-kick routine. Shortly earlier than the interval, a well-worked transfer discovered Jamala Musiala in sufficient area to get a shot off, just for him to sky it.
The hosts had created little or no for the opening 45 minutes however nearly sucker punched Bayern inside a couple of moments of the restart. Gustav Isaksen discovered himself by means of on purpose, just for Manuel Neuer to be equal to the resultant close to publish try.
Ex-Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi had been placing Musiala underneath stress when he missed within the first half and located himself in an identical place halfway by means of the second as Bayern labored their manner into the field – the Frenchman bought his foot in on the key second and gained a free-kick.
Failing to interrupt Lazio’s resolute defence, Bayern have been solely ever a lapse away from catastrophe and that occurred when Upamecano thought he might win the ball from Isaksen because the Danish winger was capturing. As a substitute, he missed his goal and took out the Lazio man’s ankle. The referee not solely pointed to the spot, however produced a crimson card, and Motionless coolly obliged from 12 yards.
With Bayern painfully labouring at one finish, Kim Min-jae’s late block might have stopped Lazio from getting out of sight forward of the second leg. Solely the South Korean’s powers of restoration to get his physique his in entrance of Felipe Anderson prevented a second purpose rippling Neuer’s web.
GK: Manuel Neuer (c) – 6/10 – Not massively busy however made an important save in the beginning of the second half when Lazio most likely ought to have gone forward sooner than they did. No likelihood with the penalty.
RB: Noussair Mazraoui – 7/10 – Regarded a good attacking outlet when others have been missing.
CB: Dayot Upamecano – 3/10 – Regarded thr shaky hyperlink within the defence even earlier than he gave away the penalty and was despatched off for it.
CB: Kim Min-jae – 6/10 – Hardly misplaced a go all night time. Surprisingly not pretty much as good within the air.
LB: Raphael Guerreiro – 4/10 – Not forceful in his duels and contributed little going ahead.
CM: Joshua Kimmich – 6/10 – Managed loads of the ball in midfield however missed the goal with an early likelihood that would have made this a really completely different sport.
CM: Leon Goretzka – 5/10 – Made an opportunity for Musiala that the winger could not take. In any other case noticed quite a lot of the ball with out doing sufficient with it to interrupt Lazio aside.
RM: Leroy Sane – 5/10 – Disappointing lack of constant impression.
AM: Thomas Muller – 7/10 – One of the best artistic spark for Bayern on an in any other case robust night time.
LM: Jamal Musiala – 6/10 – Received into good positions within the field a number of instances with out ever discovering a well beyond the defenders in entrance of him. Put the ball over the bar together with his greatest likelihood.
ST: Harry Kane – 4/10 – It was clear from the beginning that Lazio have been setting as much as reduce off service.
Substitutes
SUB: Matthijs de Ligt (73′ for Goretzka) – 6/10
SUB: Mathys Tel (81′ for Sane) – /10
SUB: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (82′ for Muller)
Subs not used: Sven Ulreich (GK), Max Schmitt (GK), Sacha Boey, Eric Dier, Bryan Zargoza, Aleksandar Pavlovic
Supervisor
Thomas Tuchel – 5/10 – It feels harsh to particularly blame when Bayern did create possibilities and it was the gamers who missed the goal in these key moments. However a supervisor additionally must encourage confidence in his staff and that’s one thing which was missing.
