Bayern off to flying start: home win over Chelsea in Champions League | OneFootball

FC Bayern had a successful start to the new Champions League season. The German record champions started off with a 3:1 victory against Chelsea.

FC Bayern has continued its winning streak in the new season. After three victories in the Bundesliga, Vincent Kompany and his team celebrated a victory at the start of the new CL season. FCB prevailed on Wednesday evening at the Allianz Arena with a 3:1 win against the Club World Champion.

For Bayern, it was the 22nd consecutive opening victory in the Champions League since 2003.

Jackson on the bench, Pavlovic again preferred over Goretzka

Compared to the 5:0 victory against Hamburger SV on Saturday evening, Vincent Kompany made no changes to his starting lineup. Aleksandar Pavlovic was again preferred over Leon Goretzka. Chelsea loanee Nicolas Jackson initially sat on the substitute bench.

Raphael Guerreiro, who had sustained a minor injury in the abdominal muscle area against the North Germans, was not in the squad.

Palmer counters Bayern's double strike

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At the start of the match, both teams were initially concerned with gaining security in their game. Neither Bayern nor Chelsea were willing to take too much risk.

The Munich team first appeared in front of the Blues' goal in the 7th minute when Kane headed the ball over the goal after a cross from Diaz. In the 11th minute, Serge Gnabry tried from just under 16 meters, but his finish also went clearly past the goal.

In the 20th minute, it got curious: After referee Sanchez had unintentionally stopped a Munich free kick from Kimmich, there was a drop ball. And then it went quickly: Olise had a little space on the right, past Joao Pedro into the penalty area and crossed sharply inside. In the five-meter area, the ball bounced off Chalobah's knee and bounced into the left corner of the goal

Midway through the first half, things got hectic. After a foul by Caicedo (27.) in his own penalty area on Kane, Sanchez decided on a penalty kick. The Englishman kept his nerve and increased to 2:0.

However, the Blues struck back immediately. After a ball loss by the Munich team at the penalty area of the guests, Chelsea switched quickly. Palmer drove the ball forward at speed and, after a one-two with Gusto, finished precisely under the crossbar in the 29th.

FCB needed a few minutes to recover from the surprising goal against. Towards the end of the first half, however, the Munich team took control of the game again. After a nice cross, Laimer had a great chance to increase to 3:1 in the 38th, but his low shot went just past the left post.

In the 42nd, Olise put a bouncing shot from around 16 meters just past the goal. At halftime, it remained a 2:1 lead for Bayern.

Kane makes the preliminary decision

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After the break, Kompany brought Minjae Kim for Tah, who was at risk of a yellow card, in central defense. Just a few minutes later, another substitute, Sacha Boey, came on. The Frenchman replaced the injured Stanisic.

The Munich team needed a few minutes to get back to operating temperature. In the 57th, Kane failed from close range against Chelsea keeper Sanchez. Just two minutes later, Sanchez was again on the spot, this time against Olise, who also failed to put the ball into the net from just under five meters, despite being unmarked.

In the 63rd, it was time: After an unfortunate misplaced pass by Gusto, the ball landed with Kane, who entered the penalty area from the left and calmly pushed to make it 3:1.

Immediately after the goal, Leon Goretzka came on for Pavlovic.

FCB remained the dominant team even afterwards. However, the Kompany team did not create any more great scoring opportunities in the final phase. In the end, it remained a deserved 3:1 victory for the German record champions - also because Palmer's consolation goal in the 89th was cancelled by the VAR due to an offside position.

For FC Bayern, the next match is on Saturday in the Bundesliga. Then the Munich team will be guests at TSG Hoffenheim.

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