He played a sensational give-and-go with Lewandowski after being picked out at the top of the area by Perisic before easily sweeping home into the far corner | There was a VAR check for offside but the goal was given |
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Their legacy depends on it | There was a brief VAR check but the goal stood |
Gerard Pique gave a searingly honest assessment of Barcelona's shocking defeat to Bayern Munich, saying the club had "hit rock bottom" and needs radical changes.
7Image: Luis Suarez celebrates his goal for Barcelona - but it was not enough to inspire a comeback It was then Coutinho's turn to hit back at his parent club with his Barcelona future very much undecided | His inviting low cross was waiting to be turned home and Muller did just that, tapping the ball past his international team-mate Ter Stegen |
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He was once again offered too much space on the left of the area as Muller tapped the ball into his path, which the Brazilian poked home with a lunged toe between two Barcelona defenders | Man of the match: Thomas Muller |
He then nipped around Jerome Boateng before hammering the ball past the goalkeeper, but there was not a long wait for the next Bayern goal to arrive.
26He made his 113th Champions League appearance - the most of any German player in the competition's history - and set his team on their way to the most incredible of wins | Barcelona were given the smallest of comeback chances 12 minutes after the break as Suarez managed to beat Neuer |
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Bayern Munich: Neuer 6 , Kimmich 7 , Boateng 6 , Alaba 6 , Davies 7 , Thiago 8 , Goretzka 7 , Gnabry 7 , Muller 8 , Perisic 8 , Lewandowski 7 | The Pep Guardiola revolution, the brilliance of Lionel Messi and all of those trophies seemed like a distant memory by half-time |
Lionel Messi's sumptuous long pass picked out Alba on the left, when then cut it back for the waiting Suarez.
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