Champions League

Round of 16

FCB Bayern Bayern Munich - ATA Atalanta Atalanta

Bayern Bayern Munich

Atalanta Atalanta

Wed, 18.03.202620:00 PM

Allianz Arena

0:59

Kane wins February Player of the Month

Bayern's English goal machine was voted the Bundesliga's Player of the Month for February after scoring eight goals, which came as four consecutive league braces - a feat only previously achieved by two other players in history. Those eight goals took his tally up to 30 for the campaign, leaving Kane hot on the heels of Lewandowski's record for most goals in a single Bundesliga season (41).

High praise from the gaffer for Olise

The Frenchman was one of the standout performers against Atalanta, striking twice - including once from 25 yards - to take his UCL tally up to three goals for the campaign. After the game, Kompany likened Olise to his former teammate and ex-Wolfsburg star Kevin De Bruyne, saying: "He's very detail-oriented in his work, that's what sets him apart. That was also true of De Bruyne, whom I watched at Manchester City on his way to becoming world-class. Michael can become one of the best attacking players ever. He's on a very good path."

Atalanta head coach Raffaele Palladino's take

“We’re annoyed, this isn’t what we wanted. We played against perhaps the best team in the world. Congratulations to them and their coach, they impressed me. We have to accept the result. We’re sorry to the fans.”

Joshua Kimmich's thoughts

“We needed about five minutes to get going. After that we had one big chance after the other. That was a very strong performance today. The manner of it was impressive. We knew that we could really hurt them, and we also knew there’d be a top atmosphere here [...] Nevertheless, it was just a successful night’s work for us. Obviously it’s only the first leg. We knew at half-time that 3-0 was already a decent scoreline, but we still wanted to increase it. We succeeded in that."

Vincent Kompany's reaction to the first leg

“That was the performance we hoped for. I’d even say we could’ve scored another goal or two. I think we were very dangerous in attack all game. It was a good mixture: playing the ball simply into feet at times, but also running in behind at times. That hurt them."

Advantage Bayern

The Bavarians sit comfortably atop a five-goal aggregate lead after thrashing Atalanta 6-1 in the first leg in Bergamo on 10 March. Stanišić, Gnabry, Jackson and Musiala all got themselves on the scoresheet, whilst Michael Olise netted a brace to all but assure Bayern's place in the quarter-finals, barring a second-leg calamity at the Allianz Arena.

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