From the beginning, it was expected that the balance of power between the two was clearly leaning in the direction of the host, and that’s how the final result looked. The Bavarians, who are primarily looking to bring home the German Bundesliga championship, opened the Champions League in historic fashion. In the 20th minute, Serge Gnabry celebrated a lead, but the goal was disallowed due to a foul, and after an inspection by the screen referees, Bayern received a penalty which was scored by Harry Kane. Jamal Musiala set up Rafael Guerrero for the second in the 34th minute, when the Portuguese fired a shot from outside the box. Four minutes later, Michael Olisa benefited from a good level from Yushua Kimish and is already close to his first goal of the factory. The visitor came back to himself in the second half with two goals from Bruno Petkovic and Takuya and Ogiwara, but it only annoyed the Bavarians who took all the nerves back. Kane completed a brace and then a hat-trick from the penalty spot, Olisa scored his second in the 61st minute and the Englishman with a tremendous foursome, which consisted of a hat-trick of penalties, became the greatest English scorer in the Champions League with 33 goals and overtook Wayne Rooney. Leroy Sane scored the eighth in the 85th minute and Leon Goretzka the ninth in extra time in a huge goal celebration at the Allianz Arena that set a new goalscoring record for a factory team.
The course of the game:
20th minute: Goal! 0:1 to Bayern! Serge Gnabry’s goal was disallowed due to the German’s deviation, but before the goal was disallowed, a penalty was checked on Pavlovic, which Harry Kane translated into the lead from the penalty spot.
34th minute: Goal! 0:2 to Bayern! Jamal Musiale set up Rafael Guerrero for the Bavarians’ second, as the Portuguese fired into the visitors’ connections.
38th minute: Goal! 0:3 to Bayern! Joshua Kimmich with a lift into the box found Michael Olisa who hit from close range for the Germans’ third.
