Sadio Mane was the star as Liverpool beat Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich 3-1 in the Champions League round of 16 at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern Munich could hardly have been in better form heading into their Champions League round of 16 second leg with Liverpool at the Allianz Arena.
The Bavarian giants had been playing their best football since Niko Kovac took over last summer, winning 12 of their last 13 Bundesliga games, beating Monchengladbach and Wolfsburg by an aggregate score of 11-1 and overtaking Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table despite being nine points behind just a month ago.
But all that progress unravelled when their old nemesis Jurgen Klopp returned to town.
After a 0-0 draw in the first leg at Anfield, in-form Bayern were the favourites. But they collapsed in spectacular style in front of their own supporters, the electric Sadio Mane scoring twice either side of a towering Virgil van Dijk header to seal a famous 3-1 win in Munich.
And while Kovac appeared to have silenced the doubters in recent weeks, the angry mob have picked up their pitchforks once again.
This is a Bayern team in transition, made up of exciting youngsters and former stars past their best. Maneul Neuer, Mats Hummels and Franck Ribery are a shadow of their former selves and it will take time before Bayern are a European force again.
But, as we all know, patience is in short supply these days.
This isn't the Bayern Munich i fell in love with
— E (@eSHEIKH_) March 13, 2019
Kovac -out
— abraham kurian (@abrahamkurien1) March 13, 2019
Robben -out
Ribery -out
Martinez -out
Sanchez -out
Niko Kovac is limited!
— We Breathe Bayern (@WeBreatheBayern) March 13, 2019
sorry to say#MiaSanMia doesn't suit us.
Oh come on we simply gave after that 2nd Goal.
Simply dissapointed not because we lost because we simply gave up.
It's not Kovac's fault. We have decision makers that never tried to replace Ribéry and Robben. We lack a Bayern-like capitan/motivator like Schweinsteiger, Van Bommel, Ballack, Kahn or Effenberg. We never sign world class players unless they're free. That negligence has a cost.
— Fabrice Le Lous (@fabricelelous) March 13, 2019
Niko Kovač out, this is embarassing for the Bayern legacy.
— Callux (@Callux5) March 13, 2019
Need a defense, coach, and help for Lewandowski.
— Matthew R Purcell (@ryne1824) March 13, 2019
It hurts me to say this and it’s been a long time evident: This Bayern team is past it. Desperately needs refreshing.
— Talha (@talha_27c) March 13, 2019
There’s many positives like Coman, Gnabry, Sanches, Goretzka, Kimmich, Sule etc
But we cannot be reliant on Robbery Lewa Müller Hummels and Boa
Time for Change
we must fire Niko Kovac and replace both Uli Hoeness and Karl Heinz
— Junior Colanzi (@JuniorColanzi) March 13, 2019
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— Aladdin Bengashier (@AFB_1094) March 13, 2019
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