A Javi Martinez late goal denied Celtic the draw and Champions League qualification.
The game was about to start and then through the speakers came the song of You’ll Never Walk Alone which the Celtic fans sang their hearts out at this time.
Bayern started the game the better of the two sides having most of the ball and having shots from Arturo Vidal and Kingsley Coman pass them by. Following a lengthy spell where Bayern dominated possession Celtic were able to steal the ball from the German Giants. Stuart Armstrong had a cross played into him which fooled the defence, an easy chance but a poorly timed shot. About 10 minutes later Coman charged on a run after a ball was threaded through to him and he took the opportunity to score for the away side. For the rest of the half Celtic were having their fair share of chances and won a couple of promising corners. Bayern Munich didn’t have many shots but had a good amount of possession. The whistle for the second half went and teams went in at the break with Celtic trailing by one goal.
The players came running back out for the second half. Following the start of the second half Celtic managed to charge straight up the park and won a corner which was cleared by Bayern’s defence. Nir Bitton a couple of minutes later had his 32 meter free kick denied by the Bayern keeper. A short while later David Alaba hit a shot from the edge of the penalty area which travelled straight into the hands of Craig Gordon. About 10 minutes later James Rodriguez fires a shot at goal but a great save from Craig Gordan denies him. Then James Forrest creates some space for himself and unleashes a shot which is blocked by a defender and Celtic win a corner. The corner was over hit by Stuart Armstrong. A minute later Kieran Tierney shows brilliant passing ability after picking out James Forrest with a lofted pass. James Forrest slips it through to Callum McGregor and shows brilliant composure inside the box and fires the ball into the bottom left corner to make it 1-1. The lead only lasted three minutes as David Alaba sent a lofted pass to Javi Martinez who rose above the defenders to meet the ball and heads it into the back of the net. The referee added another 7 minutes on to the end of the match. The game began to run away from the Scottish champions as Bayern began to pass the ball around their defence with ease. After what seemed like forever the referee blew three times on the whistle to signal the end of the 90 minutes.
The match was a very good game between two very good teams. Celtic were very unlucky not too get the draw. Now they have to look forward to the PSG and Anderlect game.
