Villarreal 1-0 Bayern Munich: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live reaction!
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Minute-by-minute report: Will the Yellow Submarine torpedo the German giants? Join Daniel Harris to find out.
Danjuma tells BT that it was a special night, Champions League is incomparable. He thinks his team can do much better, but 1-0 against Bayern is a decent result; he’s asked about Emery’s plan – he mentioned it pre-match – but won’t spill, with the tie still going. He calls his manager a “tactical mastermind”, saying he always comes up with a plan that works, but the players didn’t execute it to it’s fullest possible extent because they didn’t take their chances, so he feels “a bit dubious”. That’s a lovely expression.
50 min Bayern look much better now, a lovely flick from Musiala allowing Muller to move out to Davies. He lays back to Gnabry, just inside the box, and his low shot whistles wide, with Muller missing his diverting touch by fibres – though he might’ve been offside.
Yup, it’s been a wild night.
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62 min HAVE A LOOK! Neuer reinvents goalkeeping once again, coming out of his goal to play a pass into midfield, intercepted by Moreno! He’s just inside his own half, but it’s an empty net and Danjuma is much closer to goal, unmarked! But Moreno opts to shoot ... and the ball drifts just wide! What a chance that was! Villarreal could’ve finished this tie tonight!
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I said this during the game but now I’ve had time to reflect, I’m still struggling to think of any better games I’ve seen this season. And I’m also struggling to fathom Bayern improving enough to win this thing.
Elsewhere, Karim Benzema’s second straight