Defender Holger Badstuber was sent off in 53rd minute on his first start after nine months out with a knee injury for downing Ideye Brown. Roger Schmidt’s team thumped BATE 4-1 in Germany and will look to Mexico striker Javier Hernandez, who has 10 goals in his last seven matches, to continue his impressive form. Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga take on Olympiacos of Superleague Greece in the Group F match again, which is sure to be exciting. Guardiola added “But for the harmony, for their legs, for their bodies and for their minds, it’s good when we rotate things”. Where he was stagnant in Saturday’s match in Gelsenkirchen, against Olympiacos he ran rampant – creating three chances with a successful defensive performance. “It’s absolutely inexplicable to me and to all of us how someone, especially now after the awful events in Paris, can be so lacking in respect for society and football”.
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Both Guardiola and Mueller have bemoaned the negative tactics Bayern’s opponents are deploying this season with teams often playing a five-man defence in a bid to frustrate Munich’s star-studded attack.
Arsenal can still advance to the knoutout stage as second in the group after beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-0.
Bayern gained momentum and doubled the lead exclusively eight minutes later via Lewandowski, who unintentionally blocked an effort by Kingsley Coman to fit residence from the sting of the field.
Javi Martinez scored his first goal in two years as Bayern Munich beat Schalke 3-1 to move eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table.
The other game in Group G saw Dynamo Kiev win 2-0 at Porto with Andriy Yarmolenko netting a first-half penalty before Derlis Gonzalez wrapped up the points.
Before the 20-minute mark had been reached, the result had been put beyond any doubt.
In Russian Federation, Zenit St Petersburg, who had already qualified, secured top spot in Group H with a fifth win in five as they beat Valencia 2-0. In their Schalke scored 101 goals. “I’m just pleased that he’s been able to train with us regularly”.
The German giants will qualify for the knockout rounds of the competition as group winners if they come out victorious against the Greek outfit at the Allianz Arena.
The Belgian side equalized in the 32nd minute through Danijel Milicevic’s cleverly-worked free-kick.
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As early as the eighth minute, Bayern sliced through the Greek champions to score.
