Sevilla v Bayern Munich – Story of the match

Bayern Munich made the most of several slices of good fortune to beat Sevilla and put themselves on course for the Champions League semi-finals.

The German giants fell behind to a Pablo Sarabia strike – the Sevilla forward having earlier missed a gilt-edged opening – but they battled back to earn a 2-1 win thanks to two massively-deflected goals.

The first saw Franck Ribery’s 38th-minute cross go in off Jesus Navas and then Thiago’s second-half header found the back of the net via Sergio Escudero.

Tweet of the match

1️⃣-2️⃣ on the night. 1️⃣2️⃣ consecutive #UCL wins for Jupp #Heynckes ?#packmas #UCL #SFCFCB pic.twitter.com/4viv5aScBM

— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) April 3, 2018

Star man – Pablo Sarabia

Moment of the match

Fully effort ???#Javi8 #grätsche #SFCFCB pic.twitter.com/btgWKaC1ZG

— Javi Martínez (@Javi8martinez) April 3, 2018

Javi Martinez’s tackle. Sevilla were aiming to build on an impressive opening period by making a flying start to the second half and they looked certain to re-take the lead when the unmarked Franco Vazquez was picked out in front of goal. However, Martinez denied him with a brilliant last-ditch challenge and Bayern, who had been on the ropes, rallied to claim a valuable away win.

Data point

Bayern Munich — Bayern became the first German team to win at Sevilla (Miguel Morenatti/AP))

Ratings

How Sevilla & Bayern line up in Spain…

Predictions? ?#UCL pic.twitter.com/Jt7G564K7t

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) April 3, 2018

Sevilla: David Soria 7, Jesus Navas 6, Simon Kjaer 6, Clement Lenglet 6, Sergio Escudero 6, Steven N’Zonzi 6, Guido Pizarro 6, Pablo Sarabia 7, Franco Vazquez 7, Joaquin Correa 7, Wissam Ben Yedder 6. Substitutes: Sandro (for Correa, 78) 6, Luis Muriel (for Ben Yedder) 6.

Bayern Munich: Sven Ulreich 7, Joshua Kimmich 6, Jerome Boateng 7, Mats Hummels 6, Juan Bernat 5, Thomas Muller 6, Arturo Vidal 6, Javi Martinez 7, Thiago Alcantara 7, Franck Ribery 7, Robert Lewandowski 6. Substitutes: James Rodriguez (for Vidal, 35) 6, Rafinha (for Bernat, 45) 6, Arjen Robben (for Ribery, 79) 6.