By Alan Duffy
After suffering a 3-1 defeat in Portugal in the first leg of this Champions League quarter-final tie, Bayern Munich looked to have quite a task on their hands on Tuesday night. However, the Germans produced a scintillating display to batter Porto and book their place in the last four.
Thiago Alcantara opened the scoring on 14 minutes with a header, his second goal in two games against the Portuguese side this season.
Another headed goal soon followed, this time from defender Jerome Boateng.
Robert Lewandowski put the Germans ahead in the tie on aggregate just before the half-hour mark with yet another header.
It was all so exciting that Pep burst out of his trousers.
Thomas Muller then became Germany’s outright top-scorer in the Champions League (with 27 goals) as Pep Guardiola’s side ran riot at the Allianz Arena.
A second from Lewandowski then stunned the visitors to put the hosts 5-0 up at half-time.
In the second-half, Bayern put the brakes on, with Porto’s Jackson Martinez getting a (sort of) consolation goal for Julen Lopetegui’s side.
However, to add to their woes on the night, Porto’s Ivan Marcano was sent off late on.
Xabi Alonso then fired home the resulting free-kick to secure a magnificent 7-4 aggregate win for the Bundesliga giants. What a game!
Here’s the highlights…
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