With goals either side of halftime, Michael Olise and Harry Kane gave Bayern complete control of the match until the Scottish champions fought back with a tenacious goal from Maeda eleven minutes from time at a corner.
To keep their chances alive before next Tuesday’s second leg in Munich, Celtic never gave up and made a breakthrough from a corner when Maeda headed in from close range to score his fourth Champions League goal of the season.
We began pressing the game and playing more aggressively at the top end of the field during the last twenty-five minutes. After our football begins to come to life, we score the goal.
“Bayer Munich is still in the game at 2-1. We can infer that from it. We have one more chance.
For many of the players, it’s a new level, and they’ve performed incredibly well. Let’s move forth, without regrets, and see where it leads.
“We’ve demonstrated that we are a threat while playing football. The tie is still in our favor. Sometimes these can be hidden due to their skill and the quantity of goals they can score, however that wasn’t the case at
Harry Kane, a striker for Bayern Munich, told TNT Sports:
It’s not an easy area to come, so you’re always happy when you win a game like this.
“Overall, we scored at the appropriate times, but there were undoubtedly some areas in which we might have performed better, and we’ll need to do better for next week.
At the end, they placed us under pressure, and we had to maintain our strength, which we did.
They came close to scoring just a minute, and we knew the atmosphere would aid them early in the game. We knew we would have more of the ball, so we needed to exercise patience. To start a game like this, you occasionally need a little extra special quality
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