Harry Kane scored a purpose in every half as Bayern Munich beat Lazio 3-0 on Tuesday to achieve the Champions League quarter-finals 3-1 on combination.
Kane headed Bayern stage within the tie within the thirty eighth minute, cancelling out Lazio’s lead from the primary leg along with his first Champions League knockout purpose in 5 years.
Thomas Mueller doubled the hosts’ lead with a intelligent header earlier than half-time and Kane doubled up within the 66th minute, tapping within the rebound from a Leroy Sane shot to seal Bayern’s progress to the following spherical.
Bayern saved their slim hopes of silverware this season alive whereas possible giving outgoing coach Thomas Tuchel a keep of execution till the quarter-finals in April.
The loss snuffed out Lazio’s likelihood of a primary Champions League quarter-final look since 1999-2000.
Six-time European champions Bayern got here into Tuesday’s match staring down the barrel of a last-16 elimination for simply the second time prior to now 14 seasons.
Three straight losses together with the 1-0 defeat within the first leg in Rome amounted to Bayern’s worst run since 2015, costing Tuchel his job lower than a yr after arriving in Munich.
With Tuchel allowed to maintain the seat heat till the summer time, the coach promised to be extra “ruthless”.
On Tuesday, he benched big-money signing Kim Min-jae for Eric Dier, whereas shifting Joshua Kimmich — a fixture in midfield for Bayern and Germany — to right-back.
Bayern pushed Lazio again early with the fit-again Sane and Jamal Musiala going shut.
Scorer of the first-leg’s solely purpose, Ciro Motionless had a golden likelihood to increase Lazio’s lead after a Matthijs de Ligt mistake on 36 minutes however dragged his header simply huge.
The miss would show pricey with Kane breaking by way of moments later, heading in a scuffed Raphael Guerreiro shot to even up the tie.
Mueller, one other to see extra sport time after the announcement of Tuchel’s impending departure, doubled Bayern’s lead in first-half stoppage time, heading in a De Ligt shot in trademark poacher style.
Regardless of 31 objectives in 32 video games since arriving from Spurs in the summertime, the German media joked the famously trophyless Kane had cursed Bayern, at risk of a primary season with out silverware since 2012.
The England captain made positive Bayern stayed in Europe although, delivering from shut vary after Sane compelled a save from Lazio ‘keeper Ivan Provedel, his thirty third purpose in as many appearances this season.
With Lazio striker Motionless taken off with a knee damage, the guests seemed toothless in assault as Bayern gently managed proceedings to take the sting out of the sport.
Bayern saved their first clear sheet in eight video games with captain Manuel Neuer equalling the Champions League document of 57 set by Actual Madrid legend Iker Casillas.
Mbappe double fires PSG previous Actual Sociedad to Champions League quarters
Kylian Mbappe lethally fired Paris Saint-Germain into the Champions League quarter-finals with a brace in a 2-1 win at Actual Sociedad on Tuesday, his workforce cruising by way of 4-1 on combination.
Coach Luis Enrique has slashed Mbappe’s minutes in latest weeks after the participant advised the membership he would depart on the finish of the season, however the France captain proved he shall be very important if PSG are to lastly win the competitors for the primary time.
The electrical Mbappe was inconceivable for Actual Sociedad to shackle and his strikes after 15 and 56 minutes left the Ligue 1 leaders with a easy evening within the north of Spain.
Closely linked to Actual Madrid, the decided Mbappe gave La Liga’s defences a glimpse of what horrors might await them subsequent season.
The ahead fired over within the opening phases after which blazed previous Hamari Traore to arrange Bradley Barcola, however Alex Remiro denied him from point-blank vary.
It was not a lot that Actual Sociedad didn’t heed the warning however merely couldn’t cease him.
Performed into the field however huge of purpose, Mbappe produced the opener from skinny air.
With a few intelligent touches he despatched Igor Zubeldia scrambling and opened up sufficient house for a shot, which he whipped into the far nook from a decent angle.
Mbappe’s vicious strike pulled a part of the netting away from the submit and gamers needed to wait till it was fastened for play to renew.
They won’t have bothered — the competition was successfully over.
Mbappe stretched PSG’s lead 11 minutes into the second half, racing in behind the defence from the midway line.
The striker formed one other shot to the far submit however then tricked Remiro by sweeping residence on the close to for his sixth purpose in eight Champions League matches this season.
Actual Sociedad substitute Ander Barrenetxea had a purpose dominated out for a decent offside moments after approaching.
Gianluigi Donnarumma made an outstanding save to thwart Benat Turrientes, because the hosts lastly started to threaten constantly, searching for a comfort purpose which lastly got here on the demise.
Donnarumma palmed away a cross into the center of the field and Mikel Merino was in the proper place on the proper time to fireside residence.
One other of the few damaging notes for PSG was a reserving for defender Achraf Hakimi, which can rule him out of the quarter-final first leg.
PSG will fear about that later — this was an evening to rejoice Mbappe’s genius, regardless of the clock ticking down on his days in Paris.
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