Bayern Munich 0-0 Sevilla (2-1 aggregate): 5 Talking Points

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Bayern Munich played a goalless draw against Sevilla to book a semifinals berth in UCL

#2 Bayern Munich happy to see out a draw

Joaquin Correa caused a worry or two to the Bayern defence
Joaquin Correa caused a worry or two to the Bayern defence

Bayern Munich's dominance at the Allianz Arena is known to one and all. The 2013 treble winners have not lost a single game at home all season long, winning all of them in the Champions League.

In fact, both the home fixtures that the Bavarians played in March this year had a scoreline of 6-0, against Hamburg and Dortmund respectively. Hence, everyone expected the Allianz Arena outfit to go hammer and tongs at Sevilla in the first place.

However, that wasn't the case. Heynckes' side showed much-deserved respect to Sevilla and played a conservative brand of football. Never throughout the entire game did Bayern go all out on attack.

They were ready to allow Sevilla the possession and backed themselves to see out the Andalusian charge whenever it happened. In the end, Sevilla had a little over 50 percent of possession on the night, something you don't see much often.

Bayern knew that a draw was enough to see them through to the next round. This does not mean that the home side wasn't looking to attack. In fact, they should have scored early on in the second half when Robert Lewandowski side netted a Rafinha cross from close range.

Overall though, Bayern were happy to play risk-free football, something of a preference for Jupp Heynckes over the years, and played out a draw in the end.

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Edited by Kishan Prasad
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