- Harry Kane and Michael Olise each acquired on the scoresheet at Celtic Park
- However Celtic pulled a aim again to stay within the tie forward of the second leg
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If Harry Kane is to finish his lengthy pursuit of a significant prize by lifting this trophy in Munich in Could, then there may be first work to be finished to kill off Celtic.
Kane scored in Glasgow, a metropolis the place he by no means fails to strike objectives. He has them for England at Hampden Park, hit the goal with Tottenham in opposition to Rangers at Ibrox and he accomplished the set final on Wednesday evening at Parkhead.
His twenty ninth of his second season in Bayern colors proved the winner on the evening and can give Vincent Kompany’s workforce an important edge going into the subsequent week’s second leg of this Champions League play-off.
Michael Olise gave the guests the lead with a beautiful aim on the finish of the primary half and Kane made it 2-0 with a volley quickly after half time nevertheless it proved the cue for the house facet to stir into life and produce a late flourish.
Daizen Maeda pulled one again to offer hope to Brendan Rodgers and his workforce as they go to Germany however the Scots could stay to remorse not discovering their rhythm sooner, or aim dominated out within the opening seconds of the sport.
Celtic thought they’d made the proper begin to their first Champions League knock-out tie in a dozen years when Nicolas Kuhn darted inside from the best and beat Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a fizzing drive inside 30 seconds.
Harry Kane scored what proved to be the profitable aim for Bayern Munich in opposition to Celtic
Michael Olise had earlier put Bayern in entrance with a thunderous strike from the sting of the field
Daizen Maeda pulled a aim again for Celtic to make sure there may be nonetheless hope forward of the return leg in Munich subsequent week
Noise erupted however there was a flag up and Adam Idah had drifted past centre half Dayot Upamecano, half a yard offside and firmly in Neuer’s eye line. The aim was dominated out and the guests having escaped early punishment settled in to dominate possession for lengthy spells.
Celtic dropped deep to guard Kasper Schmeichel of their aim, tempt their guests onto them in quest of the short counter-attack on the turnover. Bayern have been seldom in hassle within the first half. Upamecano and Eric Dier, recalled in central defence, mopped up most issues, and but they discovered it tough to penetrate the hooped ranks.
Kane drifted wider in quest of area and deeper in quest of the ball. His early touches have been jeered, his errors cheered however he was solely fleetingly concerned. A beautiful probability got here his method with half an hour performed.
Leroy Sane clipped a cross onto his head kind the left and Kane seemed positive to transform as he leapt to make the header.
He met it clear, planted it down and Schmeichel saved along with his legs, and Kane turned out to be in an offside place so it could not have counted. Then the England captain headed one other probability into the facet netting from a nook on the again submit.
Kompany’s Bayern haven’t travelled effectively within the Champions League. They misplaced at Aston Villa, Barcelona and Feyenoord and the one ‘away’ fixture they received within the league part got here at a impartial venue on German soil in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk in Gelsenkirchen.
Celtic have been inside seconds of half-time sanctuary when Olise struck. The previous Crystal Palace winger pulled an extended Upamecano cross out of the sky with easy grace, ghosted inside left again Greg Taylor and gave Schmeichel the eyes, shaping to go far submit along with his left foot earlier than whipping it into the highest nook on the close to submit.
It was a merciless blow for the house facet, however Bayern deserved the lead and Kane prolonged it quickly after the interval when he escaped his marker on the again submit and volleyed a nook kind Joshua Kimminch previous
Celtic thought they’d gone in entrance within the first minute however Adam Idah was simply offside
Brendan Rodgers’ facet fought again within the closing levels however left their cost a bit of too late
Vincent Kompany’s Bayern are actually clear favourites to progress to the last-16
Kane made it 2-0 inside 4 minutes. Unmarked on the again submit as he met a nook from Joshua Kimmich on the volley and swept it cleanly previous Schmeichel.
It was his nineteenth aim previous the Danish goalkeeper and he scored previous him on every of their final six conferences.
Celtic stirred eventually, and attacked with a bit of extra freedom and fluency after conceding the second. Reo Hatate had an effort deflected extensive and there was an extended VAR wait because the Spanish officers dominated there had been no foul by Upamecano on Arne Engels.
Maeda went shut when beat Neuer in a race and a minimize a shot throughout the face of an open aim. Then the Japan ahead discovered the web from nook and the house facet produced a robust end however Bayern have a result in defend in Munich.
