Bayern Munich 2-0 Paris St-Germain (3-0 agg): Hosts cruise into Champions League quarter-finals

Posted by Chauncey Koziol on Saturday, August 24, 2024

Bayern Munich cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League as they condemned Paris St-Germain to another last-16 exit.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting swept home just after the hour mark for the hosts against his former club, with substitute Serge Gnabry adding the gloss to a professional display late on.

PSG have now been eliminated from the competition at this stage in five of their previous seven campaigns and this represented another dismal failure for the Ligue 1 leaders and their under-pressure head coach Christophe Galtier.

Despite boasting a collection of stars, the Parisians not only failed to score over two legs but were saved the embarrassment of a four or five-goal aggregate defeat by a VAR decision and offside flag ruling out an earlier Choupo-Moting header and Sadio Mane's stoppage-time effort.

Six-time European champions Bayern had begun the evening nervously defending a one-goal first-leg lead and guarding against the dual threat posed by Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi.

However, while PSG's star forward line sporadically threatened early on neither was given the time or space to inflict any damage on a disciplined and efficient Bayern side, who ran out comfortable winners.

The only major concern for the German champions arrived in the first period and was entirely self-inflicted.

Goalkeeper Yann Sommer - who was caught in possession by Achraf Hakimi - presented visiting midfielder Vitinha with an open goal but defender Matthijs de Ligt made a superb sliding intervention for the home side.

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Sommer's mistake should have been punished and provided PSG with the momentum to go on and win the tie, in the same manner that Real Madrid did against them almost exactly 12 months ago.

However, Vitinha's weak finish was symptomatic of a side that has promised much but too often failed to deliver on big European nights - and who failed to score in a knockout tie for the first time since the 1994-95 semi-finals against AC Milan.

Sergio Ramos and Mbappe both saw second-half efforts well saved by Swiss international Sommer but by then the damage had been done and Bayern were in the ascendancy.

The German side's control and strength in reserve was also underlined by their changes with Julian Nagelsmann able to introduce Gnabry, Mane, Joao Cancelo and Leroy Sane while bringing off the likes of Thomas Muller and the impressive Jamal Musiala.

The impact of Portugal international Cancelo - who is on loan at Bayern from Manchester City - was immediate, as he laid on a goal for Gnabry within three minutes of his introduction to put the tie beyond doubt.

Player of the match

ManéSadio Mané

with an average of 8.06

Bayern Munich

  • Squad number17Player nameMané

    Average rating

    8.06

  • Squad number7Player nameGnabry

    Average rating

    7.90

  • Squad number19Player nameDavies

    Average rating

    7.53

  • Squad number22Player nameJoão Cancelo

    Average rating

    7.45

  • Squad number42Player nameMusiala

    Average rating

    7.37

  • Squad number6Player nameKimmich

    Average rating

    7.37

  • Squad number4Player namede Ligt

    Average rating

    7.34

  • Squad number25Player nameMüller

    Average rating

    7.27

  • Squad number11Player nameComan

    Average rating

    7.21

  • Squad number10Player nameSané

    Average rating

    7.13

  • Squad number8Player nameGoretzka

    Average rating

    7.13

  • Squad number13Player nameChoupo-Moting

    Average rating

    7.02

  • Squad number2Player nameUpamecano

    Average rating

    6.91

  • Squad number44Player nameStanisic

    Average rating

    6.50

  • Squad number27Player nameSommer

    Average rating

    6.36

    • Paris Saint Germain

  • Squad number30Player nameMessi

    Average rating

    6.36

  • Squad number2Player nameHakimi

    Average rating

    6.12

  • Squad number7Player nameMbappé

    Average rating

    5.97

  • Squad number4Player nameRamos

    Average rating

    5.92

  • Squad number5Player nameMarquinhos

    Average rating

    5.81

  • Squad number99Player nameG Donnarumma

    Average rating

    5.64

  • Squad number6Player nameVerratti

    Average rating

    5.62

  • Squad number25Player nameNuno Mendes

    Average rating

    5.51

  • Squad number15Player nameDanilo Pereira

    Average rating

    5.38

  • Squad number17Player nameVitinha

    Average rating

    5.31

  • Squad number8Player nameRuiz

    Average rating

    5.13

  • Squad number26Player nameMukiele

    Average rating

    4.57

  • Squad number31Player nameBitshiabu

    Average rating

    4.36

  • Squad number33Player nameZaïre-Emery

    Average rating

    4.07

  • Squad number44Player nameEkitike

    Average rating

    4.00

  • Squad number14Player nameBernat

    Average rating

    3.89

    • Line-ups

    Bayern Munich

    Formation 4-2-3-1

    27Sommer

    44Stanisic2Upamecano4de Ligt19Davies

    8Goretzka6Kimmich

    11Coman25Müller42Musiala

    13Choupo-Moting

    • 27Sommer
    • 44Stanisic
    • 2Upamecano
    • 4de Ligt
    • 19Davies
    • 8Goretzka
    • 6Kimmich
    • 11ComanSubstituted forGnabryat 86'minutes
    • 25MüllerSubstituted forCanceloat 86'minutes
    • 42MusialaSubstituted forManéat 82'minutes
    • 13Choupo-MotingSubstituted forSanéat 68'minutes

    Substitutes

    • 7Gnabry
    • 10Sané
    • 14Wanner
    • 17Mané
    • 20Sarr
    • 22Cancelo
    • 23Blind
    • 26Ulreich
    • 38Gravenberch
    • 39Tel
    • 40Mazraoui
    • 46Ibrahimovic

    PSG

    Formation 3-5-2

    99G Donnarumma

    15Danilo4Ramos5Marquinhos

    2Hakimi17Vitinha6Verratti8Ruiz25Nuno Mendes

    30Messi7Mbappé

    • 99G Donnarumma
    • 15Danilo
    • 4Ramos
    • 5MarquinhosSubstituted forMukieleat 36'minutesSubstituted forBitshiabuat 45'minutes
    • 2HakimiBooked at 90mins
    • 17VitinhaSubstituted forEkitikeat 81'minutes
    • 6Verratti
    • 8RuizSubstituted forZaïre-Emeryat 76'minutes
    • 25Nuno MendesSubstituted forBernatat 82'minutes
    • 30Messi
    • 7Mbappé

    Substitutes

    • 14Bernat
    • 16Rico
    • 18Renato Sanches
    • 26Mukiele
    • 28Soler
    • 29Pembélé
    • 31Bitshiabu
    • 33Zaïre-Emery
    • 35Gharbi
    • 44Ekitike
    • 90Letellier

    Referee:Daniele Orsato

    Attendance:75,000

    Match Stats

    Live Text

  • Match ends, FC Bayern München 2, Paris Saint Germain 0.

  • Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 2, Paris Saint Germain 0.

  • Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  • Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).

  • Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  • Offside, FC Bayern München. Leroy Sané tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.

  • Attempt saved. Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leroy Sané.

  • Goal! FC Bayern München 2, Paris Saint Germain 0. Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Cancelo following a fast break.

  • Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.

  • Substitution, FC Bayern München. João Cancelo replaces Thomas Müller.

  • Substitution, FC Bayern München. Serge Gnabry replaces Kingsley Coman.

  • Foul by Hugo Ekitike (Paris Saint Germain).

  • Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  • Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  • Foul by Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München).

  • Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.

  • Substitution, FC Bayern München. Sadio Mané replaces Jamal Musiala.

  • Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Juan Bernat replaces Nuno Mendes.

  • Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hugo Ekitike replaces Vitinha.

  • Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Alphonso Davies.

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