European football: Bayern sink Cologne to delay Leverkusen’s coronation | European club football
Bayern Munich struck twice within the second half to earn a 2-0 win over Cologne and bounce again from two straight league losses, delaying Bayer Leverkusen the title for twenty-four hours at the very least. Xabi Alonso’s aspect are 13 factors forward and poised to wrap up their first championship with a win over Werder Bremen on Sunday. Bayern’s solely hope of silverware this season rests with the Champions League they usually host Arsenal on Wednesday of their quarter-final second leg, after the 2-2 draw in London final Tuesday. They suffered a severe harm blow in opposition to Cologne, nonetheless, with the winger Kingsley Coman taken off within the fiftieth minute and dominated out for a number of weeks with an adductor muscle harm. “The harm of Kingsley is extraordinarily bitter with him beginning a sport right now after a really very long time,” Thomas Tuchel, the Bayern coach, stated. “It regarded extraordinarily painful on TV and it definitely received’t be sufficient for Wednesday. In quarter-final you need to have the selection choices. Perhaps it’s good to play 120 minutes. It’s a giant blow for us.” Bayern broke the impasse by Raphaël Guerreiro’s excellent curling…