Muller Eksekusi Penalti Tentukan Kemenangan Munchen atas CSKA Moscow
CSKA Pay the Penalty as Muller Secures Bayern Victory at Empty Moscow Stadium
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Moskow (B2B) - Thomas Mueller memastikan Muenchen meraih tiga poin melalui tendangan penatli ketika melawan CSKA Moskow di Grup E Liga Champions, Rabu, (1/10), dini hari WIB.
Menit awal, Muenchen mendominasi penguasaan bola. CSKA ditimpa masalah cedera dan larangan bermain para pemainnya dan dipaksa untuk bermain lima orang pemain di belakang. Sementara Bayern memainkan pemain bertipe menyerang.
Dante mencoba mengirimkan bola untuk Lewandowski, tetapi bola malah menjurus ke arah Akinfeev, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Percobaan pertama untuk tuan rumah yakni ketika Eremenko mengirim umpan kepada Musa, tetapi tendangannya melebar.
Menit 21 pelanggaran Mario Fernandes terhadap Gotze berbuah pinalti utnuk Bayern. Gelandang Jerman itu mencoba menggiring bola melewati beberapa bek CSKA, tetapi Fernandes menjatuhkannya. Dan Mueller yang mengeksekusi pnalti.
Kemudian Mueller membuat Bayern memimpin karena mengecoh Igor Akinfeev lewat titik putih, menit 22.
Musa kembali mendapat peluang untuk mencetak gol, tetapi dipatahkan Neuer.
Hingga pluit babak pertama dibunyikan, keunggulan tetap milik Bayern.
Di babak kedua, kecepatan Musa menimbulkan beberapa masalah untuk Bayern. Seperti menit 52 ketika Musa mencoba menendang, tetapi diblok.
Sementara Bayern mendapat kesempatan lewat Shaqiri yang mendapat umpan dari Lahm, tetapi tendangannya melebar.
Hingga pluit babak kedua dibunyikan, Guardiola memastikan tiga poin untuk anak asuhnya dengan Neuer menjaga clean sheet.
Bayern kini berada dipuncak Grup E dengan enam poin, setelah mengalahkan Manchester City 1-0, (17/9).
Moscow - A first-half penalty by Thomas Mueller was sufficient for Bayern Munich to beat Russian champions CSKA Moscow on Tuesday and make it two wins from two matches in their Champions League group stage campaign.
Bayern, winners in 2013 but beaten by eventual champions Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season, have six points from two games, with Italian side Roma able to join them if they beat English champions Manchester City later on Tuesday.
CSKA have no points from two matches after receiving no boost from the home support for this game as the crowd were banned after unrest during the group game with Viktoria Plzen last season led UEFA to impose a ban.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, whose week had started along with his players on a disruptive note as they had to vacate their hotel room, after a fire alarm went off in the middle of the night, said that he was pleased with the result given CSKA had just come out with the ambition of defending.
Five-time European champions Bayern got the break their early pressure deserved when Mario Goetze was brought down by Mario Fernandes in the 21st minute, although there was a doubt as to whether the offence took place outside the box, but Scottish referee William Collum pointed straight to the spot.
However, Mueller paid no attention to the fuss or to the pleas from the sidelines as Guardiola urged Robert Lewandowski to take the penalty. The German international stepped up and converted the spot kick.
CSKA did brighten up after going behind and threatened through Nigerian forward Ahmed Musa, but Manuel Neuer got down well to block and when Musa squared the ball to Zoran Tosic, the Serbian blazed wastefully over.
The hosts went close to levelling twice more in the first half, on both occasions through the impressive Roman Eremenko, who turned brilliantly and unleashed a sweetly-struck shot that just went over the bar.
Then, close to half-time, the 27-year-old Russian-born Finnish international fired in a shot from the edge of the area which clipped the stanchion with Neuer beaten.