After a month’s absence, the healed captain Manuel Neuer returned to Bayern’s goal, beating his predecessor and club legend Oliver Kahn with his 104th start in the Champions League.
But all the essentials took place in front of the goal of Neuer’s counterpart Philipp Köhn. With 11 minutes played, Lewandowski nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. The 33-year-old gunner was not mistaken for a penalty kick, and almost the same scenario, including an Austrian stopper’s foul, took place ten minutes later, including a penalty end to the left post.
The stellar Polish striker finished the three-goal performance in the 23rd minute, when he knocked down Köhn’s uncertain kick and comfortably finished. Lewandowski recorded the fastest hat-trick since the start of the match in the history of the competition. After half an hour, he raised from the angle of Gnabra and in the second half added two hits to Müller and one to Saná, who also scored two assists. Kjaergaard corrected the score for the newcomer to the elimination phase of the Champions League.
Bayern advanced among the top eight teams of the “millionaire competition” for the tenth time in the last 11 years.
At the Anfield stadium, Inter settled the head for the crossbar and Salah’s end to the bar and in the 62nd minute he sent him into the lead with an exhibition shot from behind the lime Martínez. The “Nerazzurri” needed one more shot to call the short of the opening duel, but a few seconds after the “goal of hope”, Sánchez received a second yellow card and the Italian champion finished ten.
Liverpool did not let the opponent into a better chance in the tense end and repeated last year’s progress to the quarterfinals, but lost a series of 15 competitive matches without defeat. Inter won the islands for the second time in the last 17 duels.
| Champions League, round of 16 finals |
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| Bayern – Salcburk 7: 1 |
| Goals: 12. from pen., 21. from pen and 23. Lewandowski, 54. and 83. Müller, 31. Gnabry, 86. Sané – 71. Kjaergaard. Judges: Turpin – Danos, Gringore – Brisard (video, all Fr.). Attendance: 25,000. The first match 1: 1, Bayern advanced. |
| Bayern: Neuer – Pavard, Süle (66th Nianzou), Hernández (60th Upamecano) – Gnabry (46th Sarr), Kimmich, Musiala (66th Roca), Coman (66th Choupo-Moting) – Müller, Sané – Lewandowski . Trener: Nagelsmann. |
| Salzburg: Köhn – Kristensen, Solet (46th Piatkowski), Wöber, Ulmer – Capaldo, Camara (68th Tijani), Seiwald (46th Sučič) – Aaronson – Adamu (61st Kjaergaard), Adeyemi (62nd Šeško). Coach: Jaissle. |
| Liverpool – Inter Milan 0:1 |
| Goal: 62. Martínez. Judges: Mateu Lahoz – Devís, Palomar – Burgos (all Sp.). ZK: Jota, Robertson, Mane – Vidal, Bastoni, Gagliardini. Red Cross: 63. Sanchez. First match 2: 0, Liverpool advanced. |
| Liverpool: Alisson – Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson – Thiago (65. Keita), Fabinho, Jones (65. Henderson) – Salah, Jota (83. Díaz), Mané. Trener: Klopp. |
| Inter: Handanovič – Škriniar, De Vrij (46. D’Ambrosio), Bastoni – Dumfries (75. Darmian), Vidal, Brozovič (75. Gagliardini), Calhanoglu (84. Vecino), Perišič – Martínez (75. Correa), Sanchez. Coach: Inzaghi. |
