The ongoing champions league actions are back again and we have just witnessed the second matchday of the group stage. So far in this competition, we have seen some expected and unexpected results which prove once again why this champions league is such an exciting and unpredictable competition. Spurs who are coming from a narrow escape win against Southampton in the premier league last week, hosted the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich for the first leg of their group stage actions for a chance to get back to winning ways and into a good position after their disappointing draw in their first group stage fixture. Another disappointing group stage outing for Spurs as they got annihilated against Bayern Munich on their own ground.
Spurs who made history after their incredible achievement in the champions league last season have been faced with a lot of expectations this season especially in this competition. they finished as the champions league runner up, losing narrowly against fellow premier league team Liverpool. However, things haven’t panned out great for them so far this season and the champions league has been pretty much a disappointing outing for them. Their opening day fixture saw them drop points and now they’ve just been obliterated by one of the competition's favourites at home.
Bayern Munich have been in good form recently and their last 3 games including the champions league have seen them claim maximum points. As usual in this competition, they are one of the strong favourites to win this season’s edition of the champions league and boy have they kicked off on a good start. Notwithstanding, this was a very tough fixture for them on paper prior to the game and was one of those fixtures where the results could have gone either way. However, it wasn’t the case at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as they totally demolished Spurs to maintain their 100% success rate in the group stage this season.
Brief Post-Match Analyses
As usual for a much-anticipated fixture of this magnitude, excitements enveloped the atmosphere at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as fans were all buzzing for the battle.
Spurs set up in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation with Harry Kane and Son as the two forwards, while Bayern Munich went with a 4-2-3-1 formation with Lewandowski as the number 9. The game began and Spurs immediately showed some good intensity in their play, attacking Bayern and creating a few goal scoring chances early in the game which eventually led to the deserved lead very early in the game. Nevertheless, it was an almost instant reply from Bayern Munich with the crucial equalizer before taking the lead just before half time. The second half was total domination for Bayern as they ran out 2-7 winners away from home.
Son scored the first goal for Spurs just 12 minutes into the game with a brilliant finish.
Kimmich got the equalizing goal for Bayern Munich 3 minutes later with a fantastic effort outside the box.
Lewandowski gave Bayern the lead in the 45th minute with a superb strike just outside the box.
Gnabry made it 3 for Bayern in the 53rd minute with a fantastic individual goal.
Gnabry made it 4 in quick succession make it a huge mountain for Spurs to climb.
Kane got a goal back for Spurs in the 61st minute with a very good penalty to reduce the defeat to 4-2.
Gnabry scored his hat trick in the 83rd minute and increased the score to 6 with another fantastic goal.
Lewandowski made it 5 in the 87th minute with a very cool finish inside the box.
Gnabry show as he added the 7th and his fourth goal of the match. A superb strike and a great way to get his fourth goal and to seal the victory for Bayern Munich.
Total destruction was the final outcome as Bayern Munich maintain their number 1 spot. For Spurs, their problem gets even worse as they are now on 1 point after 2 matches played to make it a tough mountain to climb. Never the less, the group is still very much open as there are still a good number of games still left to play.
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