German giants Bayern Munich held to draw, Liverpool wriggle past Inter in Champions League

Former European champions and German heavyweights Bayern Munich were lucky to escape with a point in the Champions League round of 16 on Thursday morning, pushed to the very edge in a 1-1 draw with Austrian underdogs RB Salzburg.

It took a last-minute equaliser from Kingsley Coman to cancel out Salzburg's opener by Chukwubuike Adamu and rescue Bayern's record unbeaten away run in the competition, which now extends to 22 games.

Salzburg began the first-leg tie with the same energy and enthusiasm as their raucous home crowd, but it was the German giants who registered the first major chance when Serge Gnabry forced a save from Philipp Kohn.

Despite that, Bayern found themselves behind in the 21st minute after Adamu, who'd been substituted onto the field early to replace the injured Noah Okafor, sweeping a clever Brenden Aaronson touch past keeper Sven Ulreich to make it 1-0.

Ulreich was tested again by Aaronson, and Salzburg could have had a chance to make it two after Karim Adeyemi looked to be tripped over in the penalty area by defender Benjamin Pavard, but was over-ruled after a VAR check.

Bayern winger Leroy Sané had the only other major chance of the first stanza, fizzing the ball wide of the far post.

Despite dominating possession and registering twice as many shots as Salzburg, it was the home side who could have made it 2-0 in the second were it not for some individual brilliance from an outstretched Pavard to block yet another Adamu shot.

Coman ultimately saved Bayern's blushes in the 89th minute, as he did against PSG in the 2020 Champions League final, latching onto a flick by Thomas Müller at the far post and drilling low and hard beneath Kohn to make it 1-1.

The return leg will be played in Munich on March 9.

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