Maeda heads in from close range to give Celtic hope
Celtic had been denied penalty for Upamecano challenge on Engels & Kuhn had ball in net after 27 seconds but effort ruled out for offside
Second leg in Munich on Tuesday
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Bayern Munich have got a huge game away to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, so they can't go resting any tired legs.
They do have a pretty handy squad though, with guys like Thomas Muller, Kingsley Coman and Serge Gnabry coming off the bench this evening. They also have first choice centre-half Kim Min-jae to come back.
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Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on MOTD: UEFA Champions League
Celtic have lost but look they are still in the tie which is what Brendan Rodgers wanted. They will take heart from the way they finished.
Make no mistake, it is still going to be a tall order for them to go to Munich and get something but, the way it was looking when Harry Kane put Bayern 2-0 up, you feared they would end up getting an absolute thumping.
That wasn’t the case and fair play to the players for sticking at it.
You can hear more from Sutton on MOTD: Uefa Champions League at 22:40 BST on BBC One and the BBC Sport website and app.
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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers tells TNT Sports: "The last 25 minutes, we started to press the game, we were more active at the top end of the pitch and you see what it brought - aggression. Our football starts to come alive and then we get the goal.
"At 2-1, Bayern Munich are hanging on. That's what we can take from it. We've got one more shot. It's a new level for a lot of the players, they've done absolutely great. Let's go and have no regrets and see where it takes us.
"We've shown we can play football and be a threat. We're still right in the tie. With their quality and the number of goals they can score, sometimes these can be out of sight but that wasn't the case at all."
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Harry Kane has been involved in 46 Champions League goals now (36 goals, 10 assists).
The only English players with more are David Beckham (52 -16 goals, 36 assists) and Wayne Rooney (47 - 30 goals, 17 assists).
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Harry Kane has scored 19 goals against Kasper Schmeichel for club and country, five more than he has scored against any other goalkeeper.
Image source, SNSHarry Kane rifles in the eventual winner
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'Outstanding finishing' - Olise puts Bayern 1-0 up
Kane puts Bayern 2-0 up against Celtic
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Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane tells TNT Sports: "[Our performance] was okay. Whenever you win a game like this, you're always pleased because it's not an easy place to come.
"There were definitely areas in the game in which we could have done better and we'll need to improve for next week, but overall we scored at the right times.
"They put us under pressure at the end and we had to stay strong, which we did.
"We knew the atmosphere would help them at the start of the game, and they nearly scored after a minute. We had to be patient, we knew we'd have more of the ball. Sometimes you need a bit of special quality to open a game like this up."
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James McFadden
Former Scotland forward on BBC Sportsound
In years gone by, that could have been a totally different story. The reaction was superb.
Towards the end, Celtic looked the better side. They looked more threatening and Bayern lost all the control they had.
Celtic coming back with that belief, energy and intent is a warning to Bayern. Listen, it's not over. It's highly unlikely, but Bayern have work to do next week.
Image source, SNSGoalkeepers Manuel Neuer (right) and Kasper Schmeichel at full-time
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Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on MOTD: UEFA Champions League
Celtic finished the stronger team. It took until after Bayern eased off after scoring their second goal but Celtic showed their resilience and ended up taking the game to them - they were much braver in the final third in the closing stages.
You can hear more from Sutton on MOTD: Uefa Champions League at 22:40 BST on BBC One and the BBC Sport website and app.
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That was Celtic's first home defeat since losing to Hearts in December 2023, the run coming to an end after 33 matches.
FT: Club Bruges 2-1 Atalanta, Feyenoord 1-0 AC Milan, Monaco 0-1 Benfica
Image source, EPABenfica took control of their Champions League play-off with an away win against a Monaco side that had to play most of the second half with only 10 men.
The visitors went ahead thanks to a superb chipped finish from a tight angle by Vangelis Pavlidis after only three minutes following the restart.
Minutes later, the hosts were reduced to 10 men as Al Musrati, on his Champions League debut, was shown a second yellow card. He had tried to get Benfica's Alvaro Carreras booked for a challenge, but was instead himself shown a yellow card and then a red.
Feyenoord also gained a 1-0 first-leg win thanks to an early goal from Igor Paixao's 20-yard shot, which Mike Maignan in the AC Milan goal should have saved.
In the earlier match, Club Bruges scored a 94th-minute winning penalty to secure a 2-1 victory at home against Atalanta.
All of these second legs take place on Tuesday with the overall winners moving into the last 16.
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Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound
Brendan Rodgers was on the pitch to congratulate his players at the end of the match and rightly so.
Celtic were a real threat at the end. Maeda chased down every ball and rushed them. They showed they can compete against a top team.
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Champions League highlights: Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
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Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer on Sportsound
I know one was away and one was at home, but compare Celtic's strength under pressure tonight to their desperate vulnerability when routed by Dortmund earlier in the campaign.
Unless something truly spectacular happens in the second leg then they are going out of the Champions League but they're slowly but surely losing that soft touch aspect in their game that they had under Brendan Rodgers first time around and Ange Postecoglou.
They have a balance between discipline at the back and commitment to attack that works for them now. They've improved, no doubt about it. This was the ultimate test of that so far. Another massive one next week.
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Daizen Maeda is the first Celtic player to score four goals in a single Champions League campaign.
Can he add to that tally in Munich?
Image source, SNSDaizen Maeda halved the deficit from close range
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Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
I would say at 2-0 it was bordering on impossible but at 2-1 there's a chance. It's a very, very slim chance but the spirit that Celtic showed in the last 15 minutes will stand them in good stead for the second-leg.
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The Celtic response from 2-0 down was impressive but they gave themselves too much to do.
The big frustration will be that Harry Kane goal. The England captain was completely unmarked from a corner and he wasn't going to pass up a gift like that.
All over. Bayern take a lead home for the second leg next Tuesday.
Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
Celtic with the ball now but the visitors are keeping them at bay without too much fuss.
Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
Time ticking away as Bayern keep hold of the ball. Can Celtic conjure up one last chance?
Champions League highlights: Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
Daizen Maeda's deft header kept Celtic's hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16 alive, despite the Scottish Premiership side falling to defeat against Bayern Munich in Glasgow.
Japan international Maeda, whose suspension for the first leg was only overturned on Monday, hauled Brendan Rodgers' side back into a tie which appeared beyond them after goals either side of the break for Bayern.
Michael Olise's outrageous strike on the stroke of half-time set Vincent Kompany's side on their way to a much-deserved win after a dominant performance.
The Hammersmith-born France international hammered a ferocious shot high past Kasper Schmeichel after cutting in from the right and leaving Greg Taylor for dust.
It was the sickest of sucker-punches for Celtic, but it lifted Bayern, who roared out of the traps in the second half.
England captain Harry Kane was left, inexplicably, unmarked at the back post to volley in his 29th goal in 29 games this season and seventh in this competition.
Kane supplied warning shots in the first half, smashing into the side netting and forcing Schmeichel into a superb save – though he was ruled offside – but Celtic didn't take heed.
The Bundesliga leaders did of their earlier warning, though. They had been stunned inside 30 seconds when former Bayern youngster Nicolas Kuhn shifted inside and swept past Manuel Neuer from 25 yards.
However, an offside flag halted the cacophonous celebrations inside Celtic Park after the offside Adam Idah was deemed to have obstructed Neuer's view.
It proved a precursor to a frustrating evening for Celtic but one from which they emerge with their hopes of reaching the last 16 still, just, alive ahead of Tuesday's second leg.
'Outstanding finishing' - Olise puts Bayern 1-0 up
Celtic's first defeat in the competition this season was a drubbing in Dortmund. A match where they fell behind to a German giant and folded.
But as this campaign has continued, they've grown in quality and character. The latter of those was especially on show here.
Once again they came under intense pressure from feted European side, but this time they didn't buckle.
Maeda flashed a ball across the face after darting in front of Neuer, while Reo Hatate also had a sight of goal, as Rodgers' side attempted to yank themselves back into the tie.
For a few moments, Arne Engels even thought he might have an opportunity from the spot when he was caught by Dayot Upamecano but, after a lengthy VAR wait, that possibility disappeared.
It could have been so very different had Idah shimmied out of the path of Kuhn's strike inside the first minute, but even the start in itself was a sign of progress.
Celtic didn't start scared or respectful - they kicked off with intent.
It's still a mountain to climb in Munich next week, but, they head out with a hint of hope instead of fearing another hiding in Germany.
Kane puts Bayern 2-0 up against Celtic
The play-offs weren't in the plans for Bayern and, at times, Kompany's classy bunch showed why.
Olise was outstanding, and on another night could have scored more than once. Kane continued his relentless run of goalscoring. Leroy Sane starred among stars.
Bayern did to Celtic what Celtic do to most other teams domestically. They passed with speed, moved with elegance, and stretched their opponents repeatedly.
They have struggled on the road this season in Europe, with defeats at Aston Villa, Barcelona and Feyenoord, but a fourth wasn't on the cards here.
The final of this competition is in Munich and, while Bayern have had to take a bit of a detour via these play-offs, they will still fancy their chances of ending the season in the showpiece game in their home ground.
Bayern have progressed from their last 13 Champions League knockout ties after winning the first leg.
Celtic's home unbeaten run in all competitions has come to end after 33 matches. This was their first defeat since losing to Hearts in December 2023.
Since the start of last season, Harry Kane has scored more goals than any other player in Europe's big five leagues across all competitions (73).
Kane has been involved in 46 Champions League goals (36 goals, 10 assists) - the only Englishmen with more are David Beckham (52 -16 goals, 36 assists) and Wayne Rooney (47 -30 goals, 17 assists).
Kane has scored 19 goals against Kasper Schmeichel for club and country, five more than against any other goalkeeper.
This was Brendan Rodgers' first Champions League knockout match as a manager, with his first 32 all coming in the group stage. Only Fatih Terim (37th game) has had a longer wait than Rodgers (33rd game).
Daizen Maeda is the first Japanese player to score four Champions League goals in a single season, while he's also the first Celtic player to score four goals in a season in the competition.
Manuel Neuer became the oldest Bayern player to appear in a Champions League knockout match (38 years, 322 days), overtaking Lothar Matthaus in the 1999 final (38 years, 66 days).
Watch highlights of every Champions League game on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
There will also be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22:40 to 00:00.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
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| 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 19 |
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| 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
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| 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
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| 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 18 |
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| 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
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| 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
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| 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
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| 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
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| 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
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| 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
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| 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
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| 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
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| 14 | PSV | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
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| 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
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| 16 | Benfica | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
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| 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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| 18 | Brest | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
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| 19 | Feyenoord | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 13 |
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| 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
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| 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 12 |
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| 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 11 |
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| 23 | Sporting CP | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
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| 24 | Club Brugge | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
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| 25 | Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 11 |
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| 26 | Stuttgart | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 10 |
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| 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 7 |
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| 28 | Bologna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
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| 29 | Red Star Belgrade | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 6 |
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| 30 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 6 |
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| 31 | Sparta Prague | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 4 |
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| 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 3 |
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| 33 | Girona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 3 |
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| 34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 3 |
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| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -20 | 0 |
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| 36 | Young Boys | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -21 | 0 |
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Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Vincent Kompany
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Vincent Kompany
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Celtic have faced Bayern Munich on four previous occasions in European competition, going winless across all four in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League (D1 L3).
Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their last 13 matches against Scottish sides in major European competition (W9 D4), with their last such defeat coming against Hearts in the UEFA Cup in February 1989 (0-1).
Celtic have won just one of their 12 UEFA Champions League/ European Cup clashes with German opposition (D3 L8), although that victory did come in the most recent one, against RB Leipzig in November in the group stages of the Champions League.
Celtic have won just one of their last 21 games in European competition against teams who have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, beating Feyenoord 2-1 in December 2023 (D4 L16).
Bayern Munich have lost three of their four away matches (W1) in the UEFA Champions League this season. Should Celtic earn a victory here, it would be the first time the German side have lost four away games in a single campaign in major European competition.
Bayern Munich made the most high turnovers (120) of any team during the league phase of this season’s UEFA Champions League, while they turned 21 of those into shots (joint-most). Meanwhile, only five teams have suffered more high turnovers against them than Celtic (79) in the competition this term.
Celtic winger Nicolas Kühn has created 10 chances following a carry (travelling 5+ metres with the ball) in the UEFA Champions League this season; the most of any player during the league phase.
Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich has been involved in more shot-ending sequences of play (from open play) than any other player in the UEFA Champions League this term (72). Indeed, he’s also the top-ranked player in 2024-25 for both passes completed (689) and line-breaking passes (136).
Only five midfielders have played every minute for their teams in the UEFA Champions League this season (720), two of which play for clubs involved in this game: Callum McGregor for Celtic and Joshua Kimmich for Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich’s Kim Min-Jae has completed 91.4% of his passes made under high-intensity pressure in the UEFA Champions League this season (95/104); the highest success rate of any defender (min. 100 attempts).
