A SECOND-HALF penalty from Harry Kane gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, restoring their four-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga table.
Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen’s 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund on Friday drew them within a point of league leaders Bayern, who went into Saturday’s clash without the ill Jamal Musiala.
Musiala’s replacement, veteran Thomas Mueller, had an early chance midway through the first half but blasted at Gladbach goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas from point-blank range.
Gladbach were toothless in attack but frustrated Bayern, who were unable to turn their dominance into clear goalscoring chances.
With just over 20 minutes remaining, Michael Olise was felled in the box by Gladbach’s Lukas Ullrich, bringing Kane to the spot.
The England captain, who had been largely anonymous for much of the night, sent the ball low to the right and into the net.
Kane has now converted 26 successive penalties for club and country since his miss against France in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup.
“We had many, many good chances,” Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich told Sky Germany.
“But we made it a bit too exciting at the end as we could’ve decided things earlier.”
Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said: “We’re happy with the 1-0 even if we could’ve scored a goal or two more.”
Elsewhere, a first-half goal from Omar Marmoush took Eintracht Frankfurt to a 1-0 win at St Pauli amid growing speculation that the Egypt star is on the brink of a move to Manchester City.
Before the game, Frankfurt sporting director Markus Kroesche confirmed “a club had got in contact” about Marmoush, with Sky Germany saying the forward had already agreed personal terms with the English champions.
Marmoush was on target in the 32nd minute against his former club, calmly turning inside the box before firing a shot into the top corner.
The goal was Marmoush’s 14th in 16 Bundesliga games this season, one behind Kane. The 25-year-old also has eight league assists.
As a Celtic fan I don’t believe we should fear anyone, we came within a last minute goal in Barça of actually beating them on aggregate over the 2 games. Has been a rollercoaster ride and anything from here on in is a bonus. The Bhoys can play with no fear now as they have already over achieved.
Hail hail Paul.
We’re the famous glasgow Celtic and we’re off to Wembley
Exact same draw as Rehearsal..
What’s that all about…?
The odds on that are astounding. 2,021,025:1 (15x13x11x9x7x5x3:1) if I’m not mistaken. That’s assuming that the order of the “first team” out for each draw didn’t matter only the second team pair with it.
great draw for Celtic. Mon the hoops
As a utd fan, I have a feeling its gonna be us v Real.
told ye so…
Hang on, this is the same as the rehearsal draw?????
Yeah tat struck me as odd , i wonder statistically what are the chances of the exact same draw happening two days in row from that many teams ??????
So they practiced the Draw yesterday and got it right today? Seriously freaky that the rehearsal is the same?.
i really should read the captions under pictures… i just text my friends saying Celtic v Juve. What was the point in a rehearsal draw??
omg u told the future :-P
he’s a witch burn him!!!!!
Interesting that 2 of Madrid, Barça, Man Utd and Milan won’t be in the 1/4 final draw….
‘Mon the Hoops, hope we get United!
United and Real was a tie that gave us one of the greatest games of football I have ever witnessed 11 years ago. I’m absolutley delighted!
Milan vs Barca is also another mouth watering prospect.
There seems to be some mistake though, I can’t see Chelsea anywhere…
they didnt meet 11 years ago, 2003 was the last time.. you’re just putting words together there, “mouth watering prospect” that’s tv language on sky you dont say that down the pub everyone would look at ya strange
My mistake Barry. My sincerest apologies. But while we’re chatting, perhaps I could give you some feedback. Did you know that generally in written English that capital letters are used at the start of a sentence? You may type them using your shift key.
Anyway try and cheer up, its nearly Christmas and it looks like we’re going to have a smashing round of 16!!!
Celtic v Man U would be a great game
Can 2 British teams draw each other?
Not until the 1/4 finals and onwards. Bloody typical, United win their group and get Madrid. Bring it on though. Ferguson should be checking out their league matches. Real have been pretty sketchy this season.
2 British teams could have drawn each other but 2 English couldn’t
But Celtic could not have been drawn with Arsenal
@ Aiden – only because both finished 2nd in their groups
5000/1 to be the same as yesterday!! Mad!
Hail Hail Celtic
Arsenal always seem to get screwed in the last 16 draw.
Might have made it easier for themselves if they won their group
That’s what I meant, sorry. Not a supporter.
on the other side of the coin.. maybe teams get lucky and draw arsenal every year
Why no coverage of the Europa league draw?
Porto v Malaga and Galatasary v Shalke, there will be two beatable teams in the quarters at any rate.
Porto has beaten PSG, Malaga has beaten Milan, Galatasaray has beaten ManU, and Schalke has beaten Arsenal at group stage. Therefore, PSG, Milan, ManU and Arsenal are also beatable, if there is such a criteria.
Man U could not get Milan because Barca and Madrid cant face each other…
Were PSG and Milan in same group earlier??
PSG and Milan in different groups. Porto and PSG were in the same group
United and PSG were still in the pot..!!! AC Milan finished 2nd in there group + could have been drawin against either of the 3 teams United,PSG and Barcalona..!!!
I am still trying to get an answer to that. No one seems to be able to figure it out.
It was to do with the fact that all the spanish teams were still left in the pot and although Milan were eligible to play other teams should that have happened Barca would have ended up with only Spanish options which isn’t allowed….. I think
Something to do with Barça, Madrid, Valencia & Malaga being unable to play each other as all Spanish and all still in the draw at that stage. The chances of the rehearsal being the same as the real draw were actually greater than you think when you take into account the fact same country teams can’t play each other and teams from the same group can’t either until the 1/4 finals.
Spot on Kev
Cheers Kevin.Hadnt spotted that..! Just seemed very odd then the guy doin the draw just said Barcalona were the only team they could play..! Didnt get explained to well at the time..! was kinda just dropped in..!
Can someone please explain how AC Milan could only play Barcalona..!!!???
Because one wasn’t seeded through other was…one won their group the others didn’t….ones Spanish the other Italian?
United and PSG were still in the pot..!!! AC Milan finished 2nd in there group + could have been drawin against either of the 3 teams United,PSG and Barcalona..!!!
luck of the draw i suppose