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  • Bayern beat Paris St-Germain but French side top group

    France midfielder Corentin Tolisso scored twice to earn Bayern Munich victory but Paris St-Germain advance to the Champions League last-16 draw as Group B winners.

    Bayern needed to win by four goals to finish above PSG and they got off to a fine start with Robert Lewandowski’s close-range finish after eight minutes.

    Tolisso’s header doubled the lead before Kylian Mbappe made it 2-1.

    Tolisso added a third for Bayern, who advance as runners-up.

    Both teams end on 15 points, but PSG’s head-to-head record ensured they finished top.

    The German champions will be unseeded when the draw for the knockout stage takes place next Monday at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

    Elsewhere in Group B, Celtic finished third and qualify for the Europa League despite losing 1-0 at home to Anderlecht.

    PSG would have become the seventh team to win all six group games – and first since Real Madrid in 2014-15 – had they won.

    However, they were frustrated by keeper Sven Ulreich who made a hat-trick of saves to deny Neymar and Mbappe.

    BBC Sports

  • Lewandowski attains 100 Bayern appearances, sets bundesliga goal record

    Bayern Munich’s hit-man, Robert Lewandowski sets a new Bundesliga record for the most goals scored by a player reaching 100 appearances for one club, with a brace bagged in a 4-0 victory over Mainz.

     

    While Lewandowski remains a talismanic presence for the Bavarians, there have been a sign of late that reveals a crack with relationships, between club and player.

     

    Lewandowski has been outspoken in his views of a transfer policy he fears will leave the reigning Bundesliga champions trailing in the wake of their big-spending European rivals.

     

    The Polish has been prolific throughout his time in Germany, having previously starred for four years at Borussia Dortmund.

     

    His efforts there earned him a move, to the Allianz Arena, and the 29-year-old has maintained a remarkable strike rate with the German Champion.