Champions League roundup: Bayern, Napoli and Brugge seal knockout places | Champions League
Bayern Munich cruised previous Viktoria Plzen 4-2, placing them by way of to the knockout stage of the Champions League after punishing the Czech champions throughout a ruthless first-half show. The victory mixed with Barcelona’s 3-3 draw with Internazionale put Bayern by way of to the knockout stage whereas confirming the hosts’ exit. Bayern, who’ve now gone a record-extending 32 group matches within the competitors with out defeat, struck first after 10 minutes when Sadio Mané performed a one-two with Leon Goretzka earlier than placing the ball within the web. An unmarked Thomas Müller doubled the guests’ lead, earlier than Goretzka nabbed two targets to spherical off the scoring for Bayern. Adam Vlkanova and Jan Kliment pulled targets again for the house aspect within the second half. Napoli saved up their 100% report within the Champions League group section and secured progress to the knockout levels by beating Ajax 4-2 on the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Early targets from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo Raspadori put the Serie A leaders comfortably forward by the 16-minute mark and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added a second-half penalty after Davy Klaassen had pulled one again for Ajax. The Dutch membership made…