He took his first goal well and played a wonderful give and go with Lewandowski, with the two proving to be quite the fruitful strike partnership | The Pep Guardiola revolution, the brilliance of Lionel Messi and all of those trophies seemed like a distant memory by half-time |
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Semi-finals Manchester City or Lyon vs Bayern Munich August 19, Estadio da Luz RB Leipzig vs PSG August 18, Estadio Jose Alvalade Final Sunday August 23 Estadio da Luz | Thiago weighed up his options in midfield before slotting the ball to Leon Goretzka, who send the ball into Gnabry's path with his first touch |
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.
9Arturo Vidal also came into the XI | Image: Thomas Muller celebrates scoring for Bayern Munich against Barcelona It was a sensational solo run from Davies that set up the fifth Bayern goal |
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It rounded off a truly dire Barcelona performance, who conceded eight goals in a game for the first time since losing 8-0 to Sevilla in the Copa del Rey in 1946 | Barcelona were given the smallest of comeback chances 12 minutes after the break as Suarez managed to beat Neuer |
Three minutes later, Muller added his second as Barcelona crumbled.
Lionel Messi's sumptuous long pass picked out Alba on the left, when then cut it back for the waiting Suarez | The pressure on manager Quique Setien has grown exponentially after one of the heaviest defeats in Barcelona's history while Bayern look to be the team to beat in the Champions League |
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There were bright spots in the opening 20 minutes which indicated a competitive game, but once Bayern went 2-1 ahead, Barcelona lost all their confidence and fight, ability to defend well, keep and pass the ball effectively or even just to communicate | Nobody is happy with the current board of people who run it, particularly Jose Bartomeu the president, and he will be voted out |
The former Arsenal winger then used his physicality to round Clement Lenglet with worrying ease before hammering a low shot into the far corner.