Even as we speak Barcelona’s logistical department are booking their return tickets to Munich to ensure the best possible price, because surely Neymar’s second on the night in the Allianz Arena means this Champions League tie is over.
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It would certainly require and almighty, and perhaps a touch from the almighty, to even fathom how Bayern could get back into this with the Germans now needing to score five goals in the second half if they want to qualify for the final on an unlikely 6-5 aggregate scoreline.
As Guardiola’s side hunted for, what honestly even then was, an improbable comeback, Barcelona caught them on the break with too many bodies up the field.
A Messi ball over the top let Suarez in who chipped a cross in to Neymar, the Brazilian did well to control before smashing it past Manuel Neuer’s near post.
Earlier Bayern had hinted at another one of those incredible European performances – see AS Roma and Porto fixtures earlier this season – with a goal from the unlikely Mehdi Benatia after seven minutes.
But Neymar quashed any of those hopes with a goal just eight minutes later and this one almost definitely seals it for the Catalans.
See the second Barca goal below:
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