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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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:
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
61 mins
Gnabry cuts in from the left and hits a shot straight at Martinez. Villa try to counter and it’s superb work from Rogers, who is eventually fouled by Olise.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
Richard Jolly at Villa Park:
Emi Martinez has been warned by the referee for what he saw as timewasting (Martinez predictably disagreed). Yet it does raise the question if they would settle for this scoreline. Probably, especially with three points in the bag after their trip to Bern. There may be more onus on Bayern to find a winner, as a club who surely expect a top-eight finish.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
59 mins
Villa opt to make some subs.
Ross Barkley replaces Onana, while Ian Maatsen comes on for Leon Bailey, who looks understandably irritated considering he only came on in the 25th minute or so.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
56 mins
What a goal that would have been.
This tricky Bayern left side combines again and the cutback comes to Olise on the volley. He connects well but the Villa defender is there to clear. That looked goal-bound too!
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
55 mins
The VAR check denies the penalty and we carry on with a Kimmich corner that hits the side-netting of the near post. Poor.
Both teams try and trade blows on the counter but nothing comes of either attack, and it’s back to sustained Bayern possession midway into the Villa half (as the first half often was).
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
53 mins
Bayern want a penalty as Pavlovic’s cross hits the arm of Konsa as he slid in to block. Not conclusive yet.
Tell you what – there have been plenty of opinions on this new group stage throwing up games in which there’s no pressure, or teams don’t care as much, but this isn’t one of them.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
51 mins
Bayern have certainly been on top but Villa have had plenty of encouraging touches and have shown what they’re capable of in midfield. Mind you, Kompany knows that first-hand too.
Just as I type that, Bayern spread it wide to Davies, who feeds in the overlapping Musiala, and his cutback is cut out at the last.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
48 mins
Great work from Philogene down the left as he skips past one challenge before rifling in a cross that is put behind.
The corner is a good one too, and Konsa is crashing into the box to head it, but it’s blocked at the last by a Bayern shirt.
That looked goalbound...
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
46 mins
The half began with a substitution for Bayern – Kingsley Coman was replaced by Jamal Musiala. No respite for Villa then!
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