Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona Highlights : UEFA Champions League

Bayern Munich shared a 1-1 draw with Barcelona at home to partly make up for a 4-0 routing in Spain last week - but they were still eliminated from the Champions League 5-1 on aggregate.

Franck Ribery gave Bayern the lead in the 47th minute, but Barca equalized with Seydou Keita’s drive restoring pride in the 73rd minute.

It was always going to take a miracle for Bayern to overturn the substantial 4-0 deficit in front of their own fans at the Allianz Arena and, as expected, it proved to be a target too far for the Bundesliga side.

Bayern made four changes to the team which crashed to defeat in Spain last week with Lucio and Philipp Lahm strengthening the defence in place of Breno and Massimo Oddo, while Jose Ernesto Sosa started on the wing for Hamit Altintop and Andreas Ottl took over from Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Barcelona lost Thierry Henry to a fever with Keita got the nod. Eric Abidal came in for Rafael Marquez.

Bayern tried to dominate the first half and created plenty of chances, where Toni’s shot was ruled offside, Bayern looked bright with few more misfired shots, Barca settled late in the game with Messi setting up Eto, who fired it wide.

The hosts went ahead two minutes into the second half when Ze Roberto slid a pass into the path of Ribery, who shifted the ball onto his right foot and fired high into Victor Valdes’ goal.

Even though Barca’s overall advantage was barely dented by the goal, Barca’s pride was still at stake and they showed they did not want to be beaten on the night.

A skillful exchange of passes led to Barca’s equalizer in the 73rd minute as their slick one-touch football created holes in the Bayern defence with Keita providing the finish from 25 yards.

Iniesta, Eto’o and Xavi Hernandez all combined to provide Keita with the chance to put the tie beyond any doubt and set up a semi-final clash with Chelsea for Pep Guardiola’s men.

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Bayern Munchen v Barcelona

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Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Highlights: UEFA Champions league

Barcelona almost have one foot into the semi-finals of the Champions League as they thrashed Bayern Munich 4-0 at the Nou Camp.

Barca’s rampant strike force ran riot in a completely one-sided first half.

The Catalans raced into a two-goal lead within 12 minutes as Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto’o fired home early on.

And the locals’ dominance brought two more goals before in the first half, with Thierry Henry setting up Messi for his second seven minutes before the break and then slotting home a fourth himself just before the interval.

Bayern had advanced to the quarter-finals in a dominant style, thrashing Sporting Lisbon 12-1 on aggregate to seal a spot in the last eight.

But Jurgen Klinsmann’s side have had a poor run in the Bundesliga.

They came into this match in fourth place and on the back of a 5-1 mauling at Wolfsburg on Saturday.

Following that disappointment, Klinsmann opted to drop goalkeeper Michael Rensing, while Philip Lahm remained short of fitness and was left on the bench.

With striker Miroslav Klose out injured and Lukas Podolski set to leave the club in the summer, Bayern began with Italy striker Luca Toni alone up front.

But Barcelona, with only one injury in Eric Abidal from their strongest XI, fielded a customary attack-minded line-up.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola had said before the match that his side will attack from the first minute and his team more than lived upto his words. Barcelona could have added more to their tally in the second half but, Bayern should thank their goal keeper who avoided any further humiliation.

Highlights:
Barcelona v Bayern Munchen

Hamburg SV vs TSG Hoffenheim Highlights

Ten-man Hamburg held their nerve to hold Hoffenheim and jumped to second place in the Bundesliga with an ugly but effective victory over Hoffenheim.

Jonathan Pitroipa scored the game’s only goal in the 28th minute, before Hamburg were forced to defend their lead in the final five minutes a man down after David Jarolim was shown his marching orders after second bookable offence.

Hamburg’s third straight victory put Martin Jol’s men level on points with leaders Wolfsburg and second only on goal difference.

Highlights:

Hamburg SV 1-0 TSG Hoffenheim

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Energie Cottbus Highlights

Eintracht Frankfurt erased their relegation fears with a narrow home win over second-bottom Energie Cottbus.

The east Germans forged ahead thanks to an 11th-minute penalty from Dimitar Rangelov but Frankfurt leveled from the spot four minutes later through Greece forward Nikos Liberopoulos.

Markus Steinhofer grabbed the winner for the home side six minutes into the second half to lift them seven points clear of the relegation zone.

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Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Energie Cottbus

Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Energie Cottbus

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Energie Cottbus