'Phenomenal' Bayern Munich strikes silence raucous Celtic Park in Champions League
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Superb goals either side of half time silenced a raucous Celtic Park and gave Bayern Munich the advantage in their Champions League playoff against the Scottish heavyweights.
Bayern stars Michael Olise and Harry Kane struck in the 45th and 49th minutes respectively before Celtic's Daizen Maeda gave the hosts some hope with a 79th minute reply in Glasgow on Thursday (AEDT).
German giants Bayern will take a 2-1 lead into the second leg on Wednesday (AEDT).
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Michael Olise celebrates after scoring his team's first goal. Getty
French international Olise kicked things off with a left footed rocket on the half time whistle.
"This is a wonderful goal," Mark Bosnich said on Stan Sport.
"The pace of the shot was absolutely outstanding and this is one of the beauties of having such wonderful players. It looked as though Celtic were going to get to the halftime break - after absorbing so much pressure and doing so well tactically - scoreless, which would have been perfect for them.
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Harry Kane of Bayern Munich scores his team's second goal. Getty
"But when you've got quality like this, this is exactly what can happen. Absolutely phenomenal strike."
England great Kane's effort wasn't bad either.
The unmarked 31-year-old also scored with his left boot, displaying superb technique to time his volley directly from a Bayern corner.
"How do you possibly leave one of the best goal scorers in the world free?" Craig Foster pondered on Stan Sport.
Japan international Maeda then gave the home fans some late cheer as Celtic finished the stronger side.
Earlier, Club Brugge scored with a disputed penalty in stoppage time to beat Atalanta 2-1 in the first leg of their playoff.
Atalanta defender Isak Hien was judged to have raised a hand into the face of Brugge forward Gustaf Nilsson, his teammate in the Sweden national team, as they chased a loose ball.
After Turkish referee Umut Meler showed yellow cards to Hien and two teammates for protesting, Nilsson got up to win the game by sending Atalanta goalkeeper Rui Patricio the wrong way with his spot kick.
"We are now going in a direction outside of what football should be," Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini said.
"But beyond the controversy we now have to accept these rules that I no longer recognise."
Brugge had led through former Barcelona forward Ferran Jutgla's shot in the 15th minute and Atalanta leveled in the 41st from Mario Pasalic's header.
It was a meeting of teams that finished 24th and ninth, respectively, in the new 36 team single standings format - in theory the biggest mismatch of the eight knockout playoffs being played on back-to-back midweeks.
Feyenoord's goal in a rain soaked 1-0 win over AC Milan came in the third minute and relied on France goalkeeper Mike Maignan spilling Igor Paixao's shot into the net.
It was a quick winning start for Feyenoord's interim coach Pascal Bosschaart in his first game after the firing of Brian Priske.
Benfica won 1-0 at Monaco with another goal from Vangelis Pavlídis, a delicate chip shot in the 48th minute.
The in form Greece forward's sixth goal in the competition followed a hat trick against Barcelona last month.
The top eight teams in the standings last month advanced directly to the round of 16 in March, leaving Nos 9-24 to compete for the other eight places.
