Breaking: Bayern demolish Chelsea to reach Champions League quarter-finals

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Bayern players celebrate their victory

Bayern players celebrate their victory

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Bayern Munich demolished Chelsea 4-1 on Saturday to qualify for Champions League quarter-finals on 7-1 aggregate.

The first leg had end 3-0 in England in favour of the German side before Coronavirus escalated.

Robert Lewandowski opened scoring for the homers on 10th minute through penalty, putting the ball into the right side of the goal past the outstretched arm of Wilfredo Caballero.

On 24th minute, Bayern made it 2-0 through Ivan Perisic, who was put through by Lewandowski and he showed brilliant composure inside the box to fire into the bottom right corner.

Chelsea seemed to have reduced the tally to 2-1 through a fantastic finish by Callum Hudson-Odoi from just outside the box, as he wasted little time in getting away a bullet of a shot that flew past the goalkeeper into the right side of the net, but VAR disallowed the goal.

The visitor, however, reduced the tally through Tammy Abraham on 45th minute, as he tapped home from almost on the goal line after a lucky rebound fell at his feet.

Bayern was not done yet as they got their third goal through Corentin Tolisso on 79th minute, as he scored with a brilliant shot into the middle of the goal after being released inside the box by a superb lofted pass from Lewandowski.

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The incredible Lewandowski compounded Chelsea’s woes, as he made it 4-1 for the homers on 87th minute.

lvaro Odriozola sent a superb cross into the box. Lewandowski latched on to it and from close range planted a header inside the right post, leaving Wilfredo Caballero beaten.

 

 

 

 

 

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