Second-half goals from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry gave Bayern Munich a 2-0 win over Paris St-Germain, 3-0 on aggregate, in the Champions League last 16
They will, of course, keep trying. Another few signings in the summer, perhaps a new coach, a few tweaks to the project. Certainly Ligue 1 defences can expect a whole new world of punishment next season.. Ever bought? Ever failed? No matter. Buy again. Fail again. Fail better. Fail with the two greatest forwards in the world at your disposal. Fail on the counter-attack. Fail by giving it away in your own penalty area and letting Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting tap the ball into an empty net.
Initially at least, this was not so much the fluent, imperial Bayern that had recorded seven wins out of seven in thebut the more hesitant, flabby Bayern that have won four out of eight in the Bundesliga since Christmas and carelessly allowed an actual title race to gestate. Never was this more apparent than the moment of high farce eight minutes from half-time, when an under-pressure Yann Sommer tried to dribble his way out of trouble. After riding the first couple of challenges, Sommer found himself trapped in a hall of mirrors: limbs splaying, gait uncertain, the ball seemingly everywhere at once. To his horror, Vitinha won the ball on the 18-yard line and poked a shot at goal that was saved only by a desperate sliding challenge from Matthijs de Ligt.
Jamal Musiala twisted and turned but struggled to get into the game. Messi ruminated menacingly when he wasn’t getting the bejesus kicked out of him. With the ravenous Vitinha and the nerveless Marco Verratti in midfield, Paris were even holding their own in the centre, which is where Bayern normally eat you for breakfast.
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