Bayern Munich vs Celtic
Who won: Bayern 2-1
Bayern Munich beat Celtic 2-1 on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at Olympiastadion Berlin. Goals for Bayern: Roy Makaay (73', 86'). Goals for Celtic: Alan Thompson (56').
Play by play
- 90'
Celtic will face Lyon and need to get points. They can take heart from a fine showing tonight.
- 90'
And they hold on. Bayern had to work hard for their win. Celtic played very well indeed but their efforts fell to the class of Makaay.
- 90'
Celtic clear the corner. And Linke stops Sutton. Rau charges away. Bayern run down the clock.
- 89'
Ballack fires in a long-range grubber. Hedman gets down well to palm away.
- 89'
Sutton miscues when Balde found him with the ball. A tired looking Bhoy.
- 88'
Long kick from Hedman can't find a Celt. Balde is being moved up-front. He'll be the target.
- 87'
But a Celtic corner chance now. Petrov's kick is cleared. Santa Cruz breaks.
- 85'
Makaay now gets a chance to cross. He looks for Ballack but it evades him. Sadly, Hedman missed it too. And it drifts into the back of the net. 2-1 to Bayern and that's hard on Celtic.
- 85'
Rau goes down under an Agathe challenge. A play-acting Rau shows off his supposedly damaged arm.
- 84'
Varga clears. Pressure is intense from Bayern here. Balde clears the ball before Ze Roberto gets a chance after some Santa Cruz magic. The Brazilian misses. A very bad miss too. Not been his night at all.
- 82'
Miller, showing little fear on his big night in the limelight, fouls Hargreaves. Makaay gets a chance for a header. He misses the target by a mile.
- 81'
Agathe got round the back of Rau. But Sutton and Larsson misjudged his run and Kovacs can clear the ball.
- 79'
Pizarro finds Rau, on for Lizarazu. Balde blocks no less than four shots from Ballack, Makaay, Haregreaves and Ballack again. Heroic stuff from the Guinean.
- 77'
Which is cleared. McNamara stopped Makaay getting away as Lennon was beaten for pace.
- 76'
Larsson holds the ball up well to slip in Thompson. Linke comes across to knock behind for corner.
- 76'
A few claps from those hard-to-please Bayern fans.
- 75'
Bayern looking to push home their momentum. But Miller gets back well.
- 74'
Santa Cruz comes on for Bayern. More reinforcements up the front. Celtic are in for a worrying last 15 mins.
- 73'
Bayern score when they looked under more pressure. Celtic must hold their nerve to get a vital point.
- 72'
The ball is crossed in and Varga heads away but only to Makaay. A neat hit and Hedman didn't have time to get to a scuffed shot. 1-1. A great goal from him.
- 71'
Ballack has two efforts blocked before Ze Roberto's cross finds Makaay. He can't beat Hedman from there.
- 70'
A great cross finds Balde with the freedom of Munchen. He heads over. That could be vital.
- 69'
Nice flick from Sutton and the ball is cleared. But then Lizarazu has to head behind a Thompson cross.
- 68'
Miller wins a throw. Kovacs nods away. The ball's where they want it to be.
- 67'
Makaay makes a run. He lays it off to Ballack. Nice hit but Hedman gets across very well. Good save.
