55 live news, the morning of February 26, the Champions League round of 16 knockout round of two more games, which Chelsea home to Bayern's red and blue battle, the two sides do not play much in Europe, which is more fans look forward to. Overall Bayern performance state better, with the second half of the Gnabry double, Levin continued to stable performance harvest goals, Bayern 3-0 victory over the opponents also zero seal, the last round of the Premier League performance of the left back Alonso received a red card to leave the field.
Chelsea played a 3421 lineup against Tottenham Hotspur, while Bayern remained in a 4231 lineup with Alaba at center back, Kimmich at the back and Tolisso on the bench.
The game came up, both sides on the offensive, Bayern's possession of the ball is obviously more rhythmic and offensive, the 11th minute, Coman received a backfield pass gently pushed to Muller, Muller heart and soul, a straight to the right, Coman use the speed to break into the penalty area, a foot shot from the post deflected. A few minutes later, the Bayern backfield long pass, Levin followed up the left side of the penalty area without stopping the ball directly shot, was Caballero struggled to use his chest to block out. Chelsea side of the use of the corner kick opportunity, Giroud grabbed the point, can be relatively light, landing rebound was confiscated by Neuer, the two sides you back and forth, whether it is Mueller shot, or Alonso burst into the left side of the penalty area shook Pawar, left-footed shot failed to break the opponents' door, the 35th minute, Bayern got the best chance to break through the door, Gnabry left to the center of the penalty area, Muller came to the penalty area with a high degree of difficulty in the back of the head, but the ball hit the crossbar. Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar. The two sides ended up with a 0-0 draw in the first half.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Chelsea's long pass, Munter broke into the penalty area in the interference did not get a good chance to hit the goal, followed by Barkley's shot was blocked by Neuer! The slow then decided that Munt was offside in the first, then in the 51st minute, the deadlock was broken, Bayern front field wonderful cooperation, first Thiago midfield high ball pass to Gnabry, the latter a chest stop, Chelsea Aspilicueta stumbled, Gnabry to Levin, Levin left side of the penalty box back to the center of the penalty box, Gnabry follow up to break the goal. Just 3 minutes later, Bayern played a three-player cooperation, first Neuer a big foot, Levin header back to Gnabry, Gnabry pass to the left side of the Levin, Levin holding the ball and then light straight to the high-speed follow up Gnabry, the latter follow up the left-footed shot to the far corner of the breakthrough goal! Bayern lead 2-0.
In the 64th minute, Bayern utilized a corner kick opportunity for Thiago to follow up with a shot that hit Christensen's arm, but the referee didn't indicate it and Chelsea escaped. Chelsea, despite trying to find chances, but not a lot of absolute chances, the game came to the 76th minute, again the left side of the Bayern, left back Davies avoided the block, with the ball all the way to the penalty area cross, Levin easily pushed the empty goal, Bayern three goals ahead.
Adding insult to injury in the 82nd minute of the game, Alonso defended Levan with an additional action, hand slapping Levan's face, the referee confirmed by the VAR after a direct red card. The final Chelsea also failed to score. Bayern this first hold three goals and zero shutout opponents, basically promotion in sight.
All three of Bayern's goals in this game came from the left, as Chelsea's 3 center backs and young James were successfully played through on the right. Gnabry's performance this season is phenomenal, young fame Arsenal, due to injury and form problems, bounced around the Bundesliga's Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim, in 2018 to Bayern once again to give a wonderful performance.
Chelsea start: 13 Caballero, 28-Aspilicueta (73'11-Pedro), 2-Rüdiger, 3-Alonso, 4-Christensen, 24-Reese James, 5-Jorginho, 8-Barkley (61'10-William), 17-Kovacic, 19-Munt, 18- Giroud (61'9-Abraham)
Bayern start: 1 Neuer, 27 Alaba, 5 Pavard, 17 Boateng, 19 Alphonso Davies, 32 Kimmich, 6 Thiago (90'18 Gretzka), 22 Gnabry (85'24 Tolisso), 25 Muller, 29 Coman (66 '10-Coutinho), 9-Lewin.
