Bayern Munich 4-0 Spurs

The first action of note came after just four minutes when Michael Olise curled a 20-yard free-kick just wide with his left foot before the French forward set up the opener for Kane. He clipped a wonderful ball over our defence to the striker, who looked offside before controlling with one touch and sliding the ball into the far corner of Guglielmo Vicario’s net with his second.

Just two minutes later, Palhinha was adjudged to have fouled Josip Stanišić inside the area for a penalty to Bayern and Kane stepped up but his usual ruthlessness from 12 yards evaded him as he blasted the spot-kick way over the bar, slipping as he struck the ball.

Richarlison tested Manuel Neuer with a snap-shot for our first effort in the 17th minute while Leon Goretzka brought a smart save out of Vicario and then found plenty of space inside our area only to half-volley Coman’s cross wide from 15 yards out.

The home side were enjoying the better of the possession and the chances, with Kane seeing a shot cleared off the line and Luis Diaz unable to convert the rebound, while the former Liverpool man was put in by Kane but mis-controlled and Vicario was out quick to smother.

Palhinha’s debut lasted 45 minutes as he was replaced by Lucas Bergvall at half-time, while the pattern of the game continued as the second half got underway with Bayern continuing to be on top. Olise poked Kane’s cross over the bar from the edge of the six-yard box before forcing Vicario into a diving save, while Conrad Laimer scooped a shot over the bar at the end of a swift break.

We were playing some decent football of our own at times, often playing through the thirds with efficiency and accuracy but lacking a cutting edge in the final third and we fell further behind just after the hour mark. Djed Spence was robbed by Laimer out on our left flank and Coman picked up the ball, coming infield before curling into the top corner.

Vicario produced an excellent close range save to prevent Kane adding a third for the hosts before Bayern made a raft of changes and we almost opened our account, Pedro Porro with a wonderful cross which Richarlison headed wide.

Bayern’s third came in the 74th minute as two teenagers combined, David Santos Daiber laying the ball into 17-year-old Karl and he hit a first-time left-foot curler past Vicario. Another fine goal made it 4-0 with 10 minutes remaining, a Bayern move seemingly breaking down but we couldn’t clear the ball and, as it fell to 18-year-old Kusi-Asare, he struck a curling effort from the other side of the area which Vicario could do nothing about.

The last few minutes saw us apply some late pressure but Neuer denied us a consolation when he kept out Tel’s left-footed effort from a tight angle.

A tough evening against the Bundesliga champions, but now we focus on our first competitive game under Frank with the UEFA Super Cup clash against PSG next Thursday.

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