Lazio v Bayern Munich LIVE: Champions League result as Immobile wins it for hosts after Upamecano red card
Lazio 1-0 Bayern Munich: Ciro Immobile penalty sees Italian upset Bayern as Dayot Upamecano sent off
Ciro Immobile scored a 69th-minute penalty to earn hosts Lazio a 1-0 victory over 10-man Bayern Munich in their Champions League round of 16 first-leg clash.
Immobile converted his spot-kick after Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano’s clumsy challenge on Gustav Isaksen for which the France international was sent off with a straight red card.
Disciplined Lazio stifled the German side’s attacks and Bayern were toothless throughout, failing to get a single effort on target in the match.
Bayern, who were desperate to bounce back from Saturday’s defeat by Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, have now lost their last two matches, piling more pressure on coach Thomas Tuchel. The return leg in Munich is on March 5.
Relive all the action from the last-16 clash below:
Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
55 mins: Sane twists and turns looking for space about 35 yards out but he’s swamped by light blue shirts. Bayern’s frustration building here and errors are starting to creep into their passing especially.
Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
52 mins: Bayern need to settle in this second half. They have a spell of possession but it’s side to side, fairly harmless and Lazio hold firm.
But Lazio give the ball away, it’s fizzed low across the face of goal by Gortezka and Musiala slides in but it’s blocked behind for a corner. MAzraoui’s shoot from that corner is charged down
Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
50 mins: Now Lazio win a corner. Ball crossed in towards Guendouzi, it comes off Kima nd it’s another Lazio corner...
This time, Kane can head clear for Bayern. Great start to the half by Lazio
SAVE! Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
48 mins: The best chance of match for either side so far and it should be 1-0 Lazio!
Luis Alberto pinched the ball in midfield, turns Upamecano and clips it over the top for Isaksen. He’s alone in the penalty area but Neuer rushes out, makes himself big and saves one-on-one. Great save! Isaksen got the ball stuck between his feet slightly but Neuer bailed Bayern out there.
Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
47 mins: Anderson penalised for clipping the back of Kimmich and it’s a fairly clear foul, although Anderson disagrees, naturally.
But most of the early play in his second 45 minutes is taking place in the Bayern half.
KICK-OFF! Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
Back underway in Rome. Can Bayern grab an all-important goal or will the pressure continue to build on Thomas Tuchel?
HALF-TIME! Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
HALF-TIME! Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
And there’s no injury-time, so that’s half-time in Rome. A frustrating 45 minutes for Bayern, who again lack cutting edge in attack. Perhaps they haven’t shaken off the disappointment of the weekend yet?
A few decent chances but Kane and Kimmich fired over early on and Sane’s free-kick whistled narrowly wide. Lazio will be pleased enough at keeping it 0-0 so far
Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
45 mins: Guendouzi strides forward, Bayern back off and once he reaches the edge of the box he fires at goal but it’s blocked will by Kim Min-jae.
Lazio 0-0 Bayern Munich
42 mins: First half-chance of the night for Lazio’s record scorer Ciro Immobile. Good work again by Isaksen and he fires the ball across but Immobile can’t get a good connection. It was slightly behind him, otherwise that could have been the opening goal.
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