Bayern Munich won 2-0 away to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday 3 November, with second-half goals from Lennart Karl and Konrad Laimer settling Matchday 4 at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano. Karl scored in the 54th minute and Laimer in the 74th, and Bayern remain unbeaten in the league phase.
How the game was decided
Atletico started the brighter side. Julian Alvarez cut inside and fired narrowly wide inside the opening minutes, and the home side held Bayern at arm’s length for most of the first half. Bayern grew into the game, Karl shot just over after being played clear, Josip Stanisic saw one effort blocked and another drift wide, and Harry Kane could not connect cleanly with a Laimer cross. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The breakthrough came nine minutes after the restart. Robin Le Normand took too long over a clearance, Karl took the ball off him and lifted his finish over Jan Oblak for his first Champions League goal of the season. Diego Simeone made three changes at once, sending on Koke, Ademola Lookman and Lee Kang-in for Le Normand, Alexander Sorloth and Alex Baena, but Bayern scored the next goal. Dayot Upamecano hit the crossbar from distance, then Kane found L...