Champions League: Real Madrid punish sloppy Bayern Munich

Defending champions are on course for the final following a lacklustre clash in Germany

Robert Lewandowski
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski in action against Real Madrid
(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)

After the drama came the dross with Real Madrid’s 2-1 victory at Bayern Munich in stark contrast to the excitement of Liverpool’s 5-2 win against Roma 24 hours earlier.

At times it was hard to believe that Bayern and Real were playing in the semi-final of the Champions League, such was the paucity of the encounter in a match shorn of skill and speed. The German champions were particularly guilty and their inability to seize the chances they created in a first-half in which they dominated their Spanish visitors cost them dear.

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