Bayern Munich woe continues as Lazio pull off Champions League shock

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Ciro Motionless scored a 69th-minute penalty to earn hosts Lazio a 1-0 victory over 10-man Bayern Munich and additional pile the stress on the German aspect of their Champions League spherical of 16 first-leg conflict.

Motionless transformed his spot-kick after Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano’s clumsy problem on Gustav Isaksen for which the France worldwide was despatched off with a straight purple card.

Disciplined Lazio stifled the German aspect’s assaults and Bayern had been toothless all through, failing to get a single effort on the right track within the match.

The Bavarians, favourites going into the sport, had been determined to bounce again from Saturday’s 3-0 Bundesliga loss to leaders Bayer Leverkusen which left them 5 factors off the highest.

They are going to return to Munich with extra stress piling on coach Thomas Tuchel and his group after their second straight defeat. They’ve failed to attain of their final two video games.

“It’s been a troublesome week,” Bayern striker Harry Kane mentioned. “We began effectively and had some clear probabilities. I had one, Jamal [Musiala] had one, Josh [Kimmich] had one from the sting of the field. In these video games, these are massive moments which we weren’t in a position to take.”

Bayern began effectively and urgent the Italians excessive had created early probabilities for Joshua Kimmich and Kane, who each narrowly missed the goal.

The Serie A aspect, who misplaced 6-2 on combination to Bayern at this stage three years in the past, responded with a Luis Alberto missile that flew large of Manuel Neuer’s aim.

The tempo progressively dropped, Bayern struggled with the disciplined Italian again line and needed to wait till the fortieth minute to threaten once more with Jamal Musiala firing over the bar from shut vary.

Lazio ought to have taken the lead two minutes after the restart when Isaksen solely had Neuer to beat however the keeper stood his floor to dam his shot.

The Dane earned a penalty when Motionless handed to Isaksen within the field and Upamecano arrived late and stepped on his ankle.

Motionless stored his cool and despatched Neuer the unsuitable approach to give his group the benefit going into the return leg in Munich on 5 March.

“We labored and ready for this match to have a say in it,” mentioned Motionless. “I used to be satisfied that the group would put the whole lot on the market.

“We had some alternatives and we needed to be good at exploiting them forward of the return match and we did simply that.”

Reuters