Michael Olise and Harry Kane both scored as Bayern Munich survived late pressure from Celtic for a 2-1 victory in their Champions League play-off first leg on Wednesday. (More Football News)
Olise rifled home a ferocious shot on the strꦛoke of half-time to put the Bundesliga side in front, though Nicolas Kuhn had earlier seen a second-minute strike ruled out for offside against Adam Idah.
Bayern pa𝓀ssed up a host of chances in the first half but Kane doubled the lead with a 49th-minute volley at the far post from Joshua Kimmich's corner delivery at Cel🐠tic Park.
Celtic wanted a penalty shortly af𝐆ter Kane's well-taken strike, thougꦬh the referee stuck with his on-field call after Dayot Upamecano's challenge on home midfielder Arne Engels.
The hosts eventually cut the deficit🐻 in the 79th minute thanks to Daizen Maeda's close-range header to inject late drama into the match.
Bayern defended well as Cel💎tic poured forward butಞ still needed a fine save from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to deny Alistair Johnson in stoppage time.
A narrow vict𓃲ory 🐈leaves Vincent Kompany's side in control ahead of Tuesday's return leg in Munich to decide a place in the round of 16.
Data Debrief: Kane keeps Bayern in control
It har♈dly comes as a surprise when Ka꧙ne scores, though this was perhaps more expected than most.
The England captain has now scored 19 goals against Kasper Schmeichel i🌜n his career, five more than he♑ has scored against any other goalkeeper.
His second-half finish also moved Kane onto 46 UEFA Champions League goal involvements (36 goals, 10 assists) – David Beckha🌃m (16 goals, 36 assists) and Wayne Rooney (30 goals, 17 assists) are the only Englishmen with more in the competition's history.
Yet there was still, at least, hope for Brendan Rodgers' side as Maeda became the first Celtic player to score four goal🥂s in a single Champions League campaign.
