Villarreal 1 Bayern Munich 0: Arnaut Danjuma gives Spanish side first-leg lead over Germans in Champions League quarters
ARNAUT DANJUMA has Villarreal dreaming about their first Champions League semi-final in 16 years.
The Dutch forward has gone from wowing the Championship to the Champions League.
That’s after his eighth-minute strike left five-time winners Bayern Munich stunned.
Just last year Danjuma was on the scoresheet for Bournemouth in a 2-0 win over Blackburn.
But tonight, the 25-year-old bagged his SIXTH Champions League goal of the season for Villarreal.
It came after he directed on-loan Tottenham midfielder Giovanni Lo Celso’s cross into the bottom corner.
Munich found their rhythm after 20 minutes.
But a brave challenge by Raul Albiol denied Serge Gnarby from getting a shot away.
And VAR denied the Yellow Submarine a second as ex-Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin was adjudged a fraction offside before his cross looped in over Manuel Neuer.
It was more of the same in the second half as Gerard Moreno hit the post before sailing a half-way line effort just wide.
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Returning to the side for the first time since December after recovering from a swollen heart, fullback Alphsonso Davies finally got Bayern’s first shot on target on 70 minutes.
But even after weathering a nervy final 20 minutes, boss Unai Emery would be kicking himself it is just the one goal they take back to Munich.
It easily could have been more for Villarreal.
And Bayern are still in with a chance when they play in front of their raucous home crowd.