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:
11 mins
Villa briefly think they’re in but Neuer comes rushing miles off his line to clear. Bayern continue to dominate possession without necessarily threatening.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
8 mins
It’s been a very confident start from Bayern, who are dominating possession in the early stages. Villa still look fairly okay though.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
6 mins
Coman’s through ball is cut out by Konsa, but a poor back-pas from Onana hands Bayern a corner. Luckily for the former Everton man, nothing comes of it originally.
However, moments later we have the first chance of the evening as an early cross is played into Kane, who looks to have beaten the offside trap, but the England striker can only head into the ground and straight at Martinez’s feet!
4 mins
All Bayern in the opening stages as Kimmich hits a tame shot on target from outside the box.
Villa have played some nice touches in midfield early on, but Watkins is too isolated when they do try and get it to him.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
2 mins
Villa certainly aren’t in a rush to press Bayern in the opening stages. The away side win a corner and Olise’s delivery is cleared, though when Villa do get it back they can only manage to boot it away.
KICK-OFF! Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
The away side get us underway at Villa Park!
Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich LIVE
The two teams are emerging from the tunnel now, and we’ll be hearing the Champions League anthem for the first time at Villa Park in just a few moments.
What Emery has said
Villa manager Unai Emery said yesterday that today’s game pits them against “one of the best teams in the world” in Bayern Munich.
The Spaniard said his team are “motivated” and “excited” to be back in the Champions League.
“We are coming back to Europe last year, Europe is something very important but very difficult. They are favourites tomorrow but we are at home.
“The most important thing is to be consistent in the season and the Premier League is the first objective.
“Tomorrow we are playing a special, special match for everybody but I am preparing the match the same as I did on Sunday against Ipswich.”
Bayern match stats
Bayern have only lost one of their last 10 Champions League meetings with English sides, winning seven and drawing two. Their last loss was a 0-3 defeat to Manchester City in the 2022/23 quarter-final first leg.
The German side won 9-2 versus Dinamo Zagreb in their opening game of the 2024/25 Champions League, but are winless in their last three away matches in the competition (D1 L2). They last had a longer winless run on the road between February and September 2016 (D2 L2), spanning the spells of Pep Guardiola (3) and Carlo Ancelotti (1).
Bayern registered 19 shots on target in their victory over Dinamo Zagreb; the most by a team in a single UEFA Champions League match on record (since 2003/04).
Harry Kane has been directly involved in seven goals in six career appearances against Aston Villa at Villa Park (five goals, two assists). He’s scored the game-winning goal at Villa Park on two previous occasions.
Jamal Musiala created more chances than any other player in the first round of this season’s Champions League – seven, with all of them in open play.
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