Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Slaughtering Chelsea, Bayern Munich challenges Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals
By db-admin
DBasia.news – Bundesliga representatives, Bayern Munich, successfully defeated the Premier League team, Chelsea, with a landslide score of 4-1 (7-1 on aggregate) in the second leg of the top 16, 2019/2020 Champions League. These results led Robert Lewandowski and colleagues to the quarter-finals and will meet Barcelona.
Bayern faced the match against Chelsea with full confidence. Bayern had the capital to win 3-0 in the first duel.
Meanwhile, Chelsea came in with a number of problems. Apart from being beaten by Arsenal in the previous match, a number of important Blues players such as Christian Pulisic were also injured.
Even though they were 3-0 up in the first lag, Bayern Munich still appeared to attack. As a result, FC Hollywood won a penalty in the 8th minute after Robert Lewandowski was brought down by Willy Caballero.
Lewandowski, who took the penalty right away, did the job well. He put the ball to the right side of the goal.
The hosts scored the second goal in the 24th minute. This time, Caballero couldn’t stop Ivan Perisic’s action from the right.
Chelsea’s chances rose after Tammy Abraham panned a goal in the 44th minute to reduce the position to 2-1. Emerson’s bait was completed by the young striker.
Unfortunately, Chelsea’s pursuit of victory did not happen in the second half. In fact, Bayern added two goals.
Bayern’s third goal was scored by Tolisso in the 76th minute. Lewandowski took the role of feeder. The ball given by Lewandowski was struck by Tolisso with a volley kick.
Bayern got the upper hand after Lewandowski’s header tore back Chelsea’s net in the 83rd minute. The Polish international player took advantage of substitute, Alvaro Odriozola’s cross.
The 4-1 score lasted until the long whistle. Bayern Munich closed the match 7-1 on aggregate over Chelsea.