Aston Villa v Bayern Munich LIVE: Reaction as Duran stunner gives hosts a famous win
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich: Jhon Duran’s late goal gave Villa the win after a textbook performance against the German side
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Your support makes all the difference.Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at Villa Park in the second round of fixtures in the Champions League on Wednesday night with a vintage underdog performance.
The away side dominated the early possession at a raucous Villa Park, though Villa shut them out well before Pau Torres popped up with an offside goal after mayhem in the Bayern box.
That effort sparked the game into life, with both sides going close as Bayern continued to stay on top and Michael Olise forced a brilliant save from Emi Martinez.
The second half played out in a similar fashion, with the away side dominant in possession but neither side able to force clear-cut chances.
That was until the 79th minute, when substitute Jhon Duran raced onto a perfect through ball and caught Neuer napping with a stunning lob over the German.
And Villa dug in deep over the last 10 minutes to shut the door on the German giants and produce one of Villa Park’s most famous nights.
Follow all the latest reaction and updates below, as well as the reaction to the evening’s other Champions League matches:
FT: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Emiliano Martinez is the first to speak to TNT Sports, and he calls the result “unreal”.
“This is the loudest Villa Park that I’ve heard since I joined the club, that’s for sure, it was hurting my ears at some point.
“It’s a club that is moving forward. It’s the main reason why I stayed at this football club. I love playing here,
“I love the fans, this is a win for them.”
On Harry Kane, he adds: “You know with Harry Kane, you know that he’s always going to hit on target at some point in the game so I’ve been working a lot with moving and making saves.
“We are committed [more] defensively [in the] Champions League, we need to transmit that into the Premier League now.
“We are conceding some sloppy goals in the Premier League, we need to find that balance, we know we can keep clean sheets so we move on from here.
“It’s a statement, there’s still a lot to play. We want to qualify in the first eight, in the top eight, it’s one step at a time, we’ve got Bologna at home now in our second game, we are probably more relaxed but we want to win every game.”
FULL-TIME! Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Up next for Villa is another big home match, as they entertain a struggling Manchester United side on 6 October (with a 2pm kick-off).
Their next Champions league match comes on 22 October, against Bologna at home – the Italian side fell 2-0 to Liverpool earlier tonight.
FULL-TIME! Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
A famous night in Birmingham as Villa beat Bayern 1-0 in the Champions League.
Before their win against Young Boys, the Villans had not played in this competition since 1983, and now they have another win against Bayern.
They must be the only team with a 1§00 per cent record against the Bavarians!
FULL-TIME! Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
FULL-TIME! Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
FULL-TIME!
The referee blows the final whistle and Villa have done it!
It’s a famous night at Villa Park!
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
94 mins
There’s time for the corner. It’s delivered and again there’s pinball in the Villa box, but they manage to clear for the throw...
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
93 mins
There’ll be four minutes of added time as Bayern continue to press for an equaliser. Carlos is penalised for handball near the edge of the box...
Kane steps up to take what could be the final chance of the match – and it’s deflected wide after a great sliding challenge!
Duran is yellow carded for infringing the build-up.
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
90 mins
CLOSE!
Bayern are still throwing everything at it, and this is a brilliant bit of play.
Musiala collects on the left of the box and plays a lovely diagonal that splits the Villa defence and finds Gnabry clean through. However, the German can’t poke it past the onrushing Martinez!
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
88 mins
The corner is cleared, but Bayern come again.
Tel cuts in from the left and hits a shot from distance that runs straight to Martinez.
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