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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOTLIGHT
TOP:
The 2022/23 Champions, Manchester City
ABOVE:
With the DFB-Pokal not an option and the Bundesliga title in doubt, Bayern will be throwing everything they can at trying to win European club football’s biggest prize
LEFT:
Time is running out for Harry Kane to win a major trophy.
“KANE IS WELL
AWARE HE HAS QUITE
A LOT TO PROVE”
next round. Prior to their first leg meeting with the Biancocelesti on February 14, Bayern were enjoying an 11-year unbeaten run in their round of 16 first leg ties. In addition, they had not lost to an Italian side in well over a decade, and that included crushing Lazio 4-1 when the two sides met at the Stadio Olimpico three years ago in February 2021.
Well, 90 minutes later, Bayern had set two unpleasant records that had ended those long-standing runs with Lazio picking up a hard-fought 1-0 victory in front of their home fans. Perhaps it was a hangover following their chastening 3-0 loss to Leverkusen the weekend prior, or perhaps it was something else entirely. But it was certainly not the kind of result die Roten needed, and performances like that have only continued to increase the pressure on two key members of the team’s set-up
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