Samuel Chukwueze scored a late winner in the tie as Villarreal stunned Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 16 years. Unai Emery masterminded a 1-0 first-leg win in Spain, but a dominant Bayern looked seemingly in control once Robert Lewandowski broke the deadlock…
Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was named 2021 Best Fifa Men’s Player of the Year, while Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo landed the special award. Lewandowski, 33, claimed the prize for the second consecutive year after scoring 69 goals. He won ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Paris St-Germain’s…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday. Messi, 34, helped his country win the Copa America, his first international honour, and has scored 40 goals in 2021 – 28 for Barcelona, four for Paris St-Germain…
Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich made it two wins from two in the Champions League group stage with victory over Dynamo Kyiv. Lewandowski netted for the sixth successive Champions League game when he opened the scoring from the spot. And the prolific forward soon doubled Bayern’s lead by…
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored twice to help his side retain the German Super Cup with a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. The 32-year-old Lewandowski put Bayern in front shortly before half-time, before Thomas Muller added a second just after the restart. Marco Reus pulled a goal back for…
Paris St-Germain were beaten on the night but held on to claim an away-goals victory over holders Bayern Munich that takes them through to the last four of the Champions League. Neymar twice hit the woodwork for PSG in the first half and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting then put Bayern in…
Holders Bayern Munich cruised into the Champions League quarterfinals as a 2-1 win over Lazio in Wednesday’s last-16 second leg sealed a 6-2 aggregate victory. Robert Lewandowski converted a penalty before a deft chip from his second-half replacement Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting doubled the advantage on the night. Lewandowski’s goal –…
German champions, Bayern Munich easily brushed aside Lyon with a 3-0 victory to book an 11th appearance in the Champions League final. Lyon squandered two golden opportunities to go ahead early on at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, through Memphis Depay shooting wide after running clear and Karl Toko-Ekambi striking the…
German champions Bayern Munich utterly humiliated fellow European heavyweights Barcelona with an extraordinary 8-2 demolition job on Friday that sent them through into the semifinals of the Champions League. It began with Bayern grabbing a fourth minute lead when Mueller collected Ivan Perisic‘s cross from the left and played a…
