That\u2019s all from me. Don\u2019t forget to read Jacob Steinberg\u2019s report:<\/p>\n
Gute nacht.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cole Palmer speaks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was frustrating. I feel like we deserved more.<\/p>\n \u201cWe started well. We had early chances to score. But when you make mistakes at the highest level it\u2019s hard to come back.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe a lack of concentration, not managing the moments \u2026 but I think we showed we can play against one of the best teams in the competition. Like the manager said we can go toe to toe with them.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a good learning curve. To be back in the competition is nice. We need to kick on from here.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve shown we can compete.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.24 EDT<\/p>\n From around the grounds:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe kid\u2019s a genius,\u201d Joe Cole says of Cole Palmer.<\/p>\n That\u2019s true.<\/p>\n Cole Palmer had the ball in the net a second time late against Bayern Munich, but it was disallowed for offside. Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.17 EDT<\/p>\n The Allianz Arena will always hold cherished memories for Chelsea but when they pick through the wreckage of their first night back in the Champions League<\/a> there will be plenty of moments that they would probably rather not have to think about again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Reaction coming up, and even a match report. What did you think? You can email<\/a> me.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cYou make mistakes at these big giants, you get punished,\u201d says Joe Cole on pundit duty of Chelsea\u2019s occasional carelessness.<\/p>\n Certainly the concession of the third Bayern goal was very soft, and not the sort of thing you can get away with in any match, let alone a Champions League<\/a> tie in Munich. Take that out, and put Palmer\u2019s knee two inches further back at the end, and, well, it\u2019s 2-2!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.06 EDT<\/p>\n Full-time: Bayern Munich 3-1 Chelsea<\/p>\n Some warm words between Kompany and Maresca at full-time. On the pitch, Palmer and Olise cover their mouths as they have a quick chat. The first half was excellent, as a spectacle, and Chelsea<\/a> were marginally the better side despite the errors that also let Bayern in. Kim\u2019s introduction in central defence seemed to make all the difference for the hosts. So kudos to Kompany for that \u2013 or on the other hand, did he get his selection wrong?<\/p>\n Chelsea’s Alejandro Garnacho looks dejected after the final whistle. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth\/ReutersWhilst the Bayern players celebrate with their fans. Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.08 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min + 5: Upemecano surges upfield out of defence. He is brought down, but the referee doesn\u2019t give a free-kick. It all feels a bit inconsequential.<\/p>\n Liverpool were drawing 2-2, and have just scored through Virgil van Dijk in stoppage time:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: We shall have six minutes added, minimum.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min: Palmer has the ball in the net thanks to a lovely pass by Santos. Another lovely goal, but he\u2019s fractionally offside. It was a beautifully weighted pass from a central position, and a delicate finish by the England forward, touching it around Neuer and in.<\/p>\n Nicolas Jackson is coming on, the on-loan Chelsea<\/a> forward. So is Tom Bischof. Gnabry and Kane off.<\/p>\n \u201cHarry, thanks!\u201d says the stadium announcer as the England captain walks off.<\/p>\n Chelsea’s Cole Palmer (centre) puts the ball in the net with a lovely finish but it\u2019s chalked off by VAR. Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.03 EDT<\/p>\n 88 min: The commentators have said that Bayern\u2019s superior experience in this competition has made all the difference in this second half. But it looks to me more like Chelsea<\/a> have run out of steam a bit.<\/p>\n Garnacho strikes a mediocre shot from an angle that is easily saved by Neuer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min: Laimer is booked for a foul on Pedro. It\u2019s very stop-start. Garnacho gets on the ball again, on the Chelsea<\/a> left, but makes little progress.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min: Maresca yells instructions from the touchline. But Bayern continue to look in total control. Hoddle praises the impact of Kim since he came on at half-time, and his ability to spark attacks from centre-back. Now Diaz hares through, one-on-one after a ball from Gnabry, but he\u2019s offside. There is a coming together with Cucurella and Sanchez, needlessly, with the referee\u2019s assistant\u2019s flag staying down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.45 EDT<\/p>\n 80 min: The 18-year-old Brazilian Estevao on for Chelsea, his Champions League<\/a> debut. Fernandez comes off.<\/p>\n Maresca is right to change things, but his team look a bit spent, even if Garnacho has made one raid down the wing since coming on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.42 EDT<\/p>\n 78 min: Right now, this is fizzling out. Bayern look comfortable. Chelsea<\/a> look slightly listless. Now Chalobah is down and injured after sliding in for a challenge on his England colleague Kane.<\/p>\n Still, a Chelsea goal makes it fascinating for the last 10.<\/p>\n Bayern’s Sacha Boey (left) is challenged by Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella. Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.06 EDT<\/p>\n 75 min: Fernandez takes the free-kick following the foul on Gusto. It\u2019s deflected high outside the box where Palmer hits a half-hearted volley. Chelsea\u2019s tempo has dropped markedly \u2013 it would hardly be surprising if there is fatigue throughout the squad given their Club World Cup shenanigans. (That said, the intensity of their early pressing was going to be impossible to maintain regardless.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.37 EDT<\/p>\n 73 min: Gusto goes down, just outside the Bayern penalty area, under a clumsy challenge by Luiz. Will we have a box-office finish, can Chelsea<\/a> find a way back into this?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 70 min: The Bayern faithful are in full voice now. It looks like it\u2019ll be six victories out of six to start the 2025\/26 campaign. This has been a test and it seems they\u2019ve passed. Kompany will be concerned at how easily Chelsea<\/a> have been able to cut through them, at times, and they will need to tighten up defensively if they are going to trouble the scorers in the latter stages of the competition.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.32 EDT<\/p>\n 67 min: Hoddle compares the prolific Kane to Teddy Sheringham. \u201cIf you don\u2019t rely on your pace when you\u2019re young, you can play on for ever.\u201d<\/p>\n Olise then slams a shot wide after a classy Bayern move. Two changes for Chelsea: Garnacho on for Neto, Andr\u00e9 Santos on for James.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.29 EDT<\/p>\n 65 min: So Kane, as it stands, has 10 goals in six games this season, with a bit more of this one to go.<\/p>\n Alejandro Garnacho is going to come on for Chelsea<\/a>, it looks like, while Leon Goretzka is on for Bayern, in place of Pavlovic.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.27 EDT<\/p>\n Goal! 63 min: Bayern Munich 3-1 Chelsea (Kane)<\/p>\n Horrible one for Chelsea<\/a>, who try to play out from the back. Gusto loses it under pressure with a very poor first touch. The ball squirts to Kane, with the Chelsea defence nowhere, and the England captain slides a brilliant finish inside the far post.<\/p>\n Harry Kane scores his second, and Bayern Munich\u2019s third goal against Chelsea. Photograph: Maja Hitij\/Getty ImagesKane and the Bayern fans celebrate. Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.32 EDT<\/p>\n 61 min: This second half has been less frantic than the first but there is still lots going on. You\u2019d have to say that Kim\u2019s introduction has bolstered Bayern defensively and Chelsea<\/a> aren\u2019t getting so much joy running at the home defence.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.23 EDT<\/p>\n 59 min: Sensational save by Sanchez! Kane cuts back for Olise, who has to score. He doesn\u2019t direct the shot quite well enough, though, and gives Sanchez a chance to make a brilliant low save, diving to his right across the goal. Could that lead to Chelsea<\/a> getting a result here?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.21 EDT<\/p>\n 57 min: Laimer and Kane link and it\u2019s a huge chance for Kane! Laimer has burst from halfway, Kane makes a perceptive overlapping run, and is slid in cleverly by his teammate. Sanchez\u2019s positioning is good, though: he makes himself big and comes off his line to block a low shot from the England captain. Kane remonstrates with himself for not creating a two-goal cushion. That does illustrate how dangerous Kane is when he has direct runners coming past him, as opposed to the stodge-fest he is often engaged with for England.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.19 EDT<\/p>\n 55 min: Chelsea\u2019s Caicedo is putting in a good shift, he gets his foot on it in midfield, and plays a searching pass forward which Bayern\u2019s defence does well to cut out.<\/p>\n Diaz then has a sniff for the hosts, cutting in on his right foot, and sliding a shot straight at Sanchez from an angle.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.16 EDT<\/p>\n 52 min: A nice bit of interplay from Chelsea\u2019s tricky forward line creates a chance for James to shoot from distance. It\u2019s a bit of a scuffed effort from the Blues captain, who is playing in midfield tonight, and it\u2019s easily saved.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.13 EDT<\/p>\n 50 min: Stanisic is going to come off, it seems. It was a heavy landing after he jumped with Chalobah, not that the Chelsea<\/a> player did anything wrong. And there it is: the Frenchman Sacha Boey comes on, Stanisic off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.11 EDT<\/p>\n 48 min: Gusto made a raid on the right early doors, chasing a long ball for Chelsea<\/a>, but was offside. Now Bayern\u2019s Stanisic has gone down, looking in some pain, after falling awkwardly after an aerial challenge with Chalobah around halfway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.09 EDT<\/p>\n Second half kick-off!<\/p>\n One change for Bayern: Tah, who had been booked, replaced by Kim.<\/p>\n \u201cKim is a little bit tighter as a defender, if I may say,\u201d observes Hoddle on commentary.<\/p>\n Will we see Nicolas Jackson soon?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.06 EDT<\/p>\n Champions League-related half-time reading:<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half time: Bayern Munich 2-1 Chelsea.<\/p>\n Helluva good half of football.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min + 1: Olise again makes a few inroads down the Bayern right, and wins yet another corner. Sanchez catches it, this time, and that\u2019s that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.49 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min: More pressure from Bayern \u2013 Tah with a header at the far post \u2013 but he\u2019s offside. Another excellent high line from Chelsea<\/a> brings the assistant\u2019s flag. We will have a minimum of two minutes added.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.48 EDT<\/p>\n 44 min: Olise stands Cucurella up on the Bayern right. He wins a corner. One final chance before the break? Sanchez tips it clear \u2013 or does he try to catch it? Anyway it\u2019s another corner over the other side, to be taken by Kimmich.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.46 EDT<\/p>\n 42 min: A corner for Bayern is half-cleared by a Sanchez punch. Olise hits it first-time on the volley, from the edge of the box, and it bounces wide of the far post. Close \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.45 EDT<\/p>\n 39 min: Now Bayern\u2019s Gnabry curls a fine cross over from the right looking for Diaz. He tumbles over while going for it, under a challenge, but the referee waves away Bayern protests. This is a fine game of football. Adarabioyo then has to block a shot from Kane, who tries one from point-blank range at an angle.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.43 EDT<\/p>\n 38 min: Laimer, suddenly, has a sight of goal for Bayern after a marauding run into the box and an excellent pass by Olise. He slides his shot, side-footed, to the far post and it drifts wide. Will this be 2-2 or 3-1 at half time? It looks like it has another goal in it before the oranges and tea.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.41 EDT<\/p>\n 35 min: James, playing out of position in midfield, embarks on a strong diagonal run in the middle of the park. Chelsea<\/a> remain full of energy. Gusto now powers to the edge of the box and slams a shot straight into a defender! Bayern don\u2019t look comfortable with these Chelsea runners seemingly coming from everywhere. A marginal penalty is what separates the teams, but Chelsea look the more dangerous side again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.39 EDT<\/p>\n 34 min: Chelsea<\/a> are back into this. Caicedo hits a shot well wide when there are better options. Maresca, who must have been close to seeing a red card such was his fury about something, seems to have settled down a bit, too. That goal by Palmer has got them right back in it when a cricket score was suddenly looming.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.36 EDT<\/p>\n 33 min: In other news, Cucurella is being booed by the Bayern fans over a handball that wasn\u2019t given at Euro 2024:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 min: \u201cSome players don\u2019t know how to use space,\u201d says Hoddle on commentary, of Palmer\u2019s rich talents. \u201cThis kid does.<\/p>\n \u201cHe just lent him (Gusto) the ball, hoping he was going to give it back.\u201d<\/p>\n Lovely stuff.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! 28 min: Bayern Munich 2-1 Chelsea (Palmer)<\/p>\n What a sensational finish by Palmer. Caicedo releases him near the Chelsea<\/a> penalty area. Palmer glides downfield, exchanges passes with Gusto on the edge of the box, and clips a ludicrously dead-eyed finish beyond Neuer and into the roof of the net. What a goal! Meanwhile, Maresca is furious about something, and is booked.<\/p>\n Cole Palmer (right) holds off the challenge of Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich and fire the ball into the net and get Chelsea back into the match. Photograph: Alexandra Beier\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.53 EDT<\/p>\n Goal! 27 min: Bayern Munich 2-0 Chelsea (Kane penalty)<\/p>\n Kane, of course, slides the penalty efficiently into the corner, and Chelsea<\/a> are staring down the barrel now.<\/p>\n Bayern’s Harry Kane (centre) sends Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez the wrong way to double the home side\u2019s lead. Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APCue a trademark celebration from Kane. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.08 EDT<\/p>\n Penalty to Bayern!<\/p>\n Kane goes down under a challenge from Caicedo. The referee initially doesn\u2019t give it. Then he does. Classic Kane trickery. Was it a foul? Not for me Clive.<\/p>\n Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo challenges Harry Kane … Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APWhich leads to the Bayern player winning a penalty. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.41 EDT<\/p>\n 24 min: The good news for Chelsea<\/a> is that, as stated, they were the better team before the goal. However, you sense Bayern will feel they\u2019ve steadied the ship and can revert to type when it comes to home matches at the Allianz.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! 20 min: Bayern Munich 1-0 Chelsea (Chalobah OG)<\/p>\n Wonderful work from Olise on the right, and it looks like an own-goal by Chalobah. After Bayern\u2019s free-kick ricocheted off the ref, it was restarted with a drop ball. The former Crystal Palace forward was soon one-on-one with Pedro and he skinned him with ease. Then he put a low ball across the face of goal and Chalobah turned it into his own net with Dayot Upemecano lurking. Did Chelsea<\/a> switch off a touch after that free-kick was retaken?<\/p>\n The ball cannons off Trevoh Chalobah (second left) and Bayern Munich have the lead. Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APAleksandar Pavlovic, Michael Olise, Harry Kane of Bayern Munich and Dayot Upamecano celebrate Chalobah\u2019s misfortune. Photograph: Alex Grimm\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.11 EDT<\/p>\n 19 min: Bayern suddenly have Chelsea<\/a> where they want them, streaming forward and massing their ranks around the penalty area. Gnabry has a shot blocked, and again the defensive hunger from Chelsea is excellent. The hosts have a free-kick about 30 yards out. Kimmich tries to slide it diagonally but it hits the referee\u2019s boot and it\u2019s a drop ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 17 min: Pedro is clattered by Tah as he tries to turn away from his marker. It\u2019s a handy position for a free-kick, halfway inside the Bayern half, but they play it backwards. Neto makes a run on the left, chasing a ball from Cucurella, but Pedro is caught offside in the process.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 min: Palmer turns superbly around halfway, using his skill and power. He lofts a good-looking ball for Neto on the left but it\u2019s cut out. Bayern then win a free-kick for a handball at very close quarters, that is clearly accidental, and on commentary Glenn Hoddle insists the law is a nonsense \u2013 before Bayern take the set-piece.<\/p>\n Bayern take it short, Olise clips a cross to the far post, but Chelsea<\/a> step up and several home players are offside when the cross comes over. Again, Chelsea look the better-coached side based on that little exchange.<\/p>\n![\"Jacob](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacob-Steinberg,-L.png\")
Jacob Steinberg<\/p>\n