The Bavarians have momentarily caught up with Arsenal at the top of the table. Simeone’s team is back in the top eight
With great effort, Barcelona overturned Eintracht Frankfurt and won 2-1 thanks to a brace from a surprising Jules Koundé, who within three minutes of the second half transformed into Flick’s goalscorer in a match where the stars (Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha) did not shine. Two headers are enough to take the three points and forget the defeat in London against Chelsea. De Zerbi’s Marseille flies, beating Union Saint-Gilloise 3-2 at home and climbing to 9 points in the standings: Greenwood decisive with a brace. Same epilogue for Simeone’s Atletico, who crushed PSV thanks to goals from Julian Alvarez, Hancko and Sorloth. Zakaria misses a penalty but is saved by Balogun, who launches Monaco: Galatasaray KO 1-0. Tottenham dominates Slavia Prague: it ends 3-0, Simons and Kudus score, as well as an own goal from former Torino player Zima.
THE OTHERS
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In the 4.30pm match, Olympiacos, in the freezing cold of Astana (-20°), beat Kairat Almaty 1-0 thanks to Gelson Martins’ goal in the 73rd minute, assisted by Taremi. First victory in the Champions League for the Greeks, who rise to 5 points and keep their playoff hopes alive with two games to go. Kairat, who suffered for most of the match, remain second to last with 1 point. The road to entering the top 24 is now compromised. Sporting scares Bayern for about ten minutes but then gives up. At the Allianz Arena Kompany’s team cameback to win 3-1 after a post from Kane, lots of play created and a couple of miracles from guest goalkeeper Rui Silva. Kimmich’s momentary own goal in the 54th minute briefly deceived the Portuguese, who were constantly at the mercy of the German dribble. Gnabry and Karl had the merit of turning it around in four minutes, between the 65th and 69th minutes. Tah then closed the score in the 77th minute. Of note is Alphonso Davies’ return to the pitch 262 days after his injury. With this victory, Bayern momentarily reaches the top of Arsenal with 15 points, who will play tomorrow against Bruges.
Champions
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Tonight’s results
Kairat-Olympiacos 0-1
Gelson Martins 73′ (W)
Bayern Munich-Sporting Lisbon 3-1
Kimmich 54′ (own goal), Gnabry 65′ (B), Karl 69′ (B), Tah 77′ (B)
Barcelona-Eintracht 2-1
Knauff 21′ (E), Koundé 50′ (B), Koundé 53′ (B)
Monaco-Galatasaray 1-0
Balogun 68′ (M)
PSV-Atletico Madrid 2-3
Til 10′ (P), Julian Alvarez 37′ (A), Hancko 52′ (A), Sorloth 56′ (A), Pepi 85′ (P)
Union Saint-Gilloise-Marseille 2-3
Khalaili 5′ (U), Paixao 15′ (M), Greenwood 41′ (M), Greenwood 58′ (M), Khalaili 71′ (U).
Tottenham-Slavia Prague 3-0
Zima 26′ (own goal), Kudus 50′ (T), Xavi Simons 79′ (T).
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