UEFA Champions League 2023-2024: Aston Villa v Bayern Munich

there is nothing quite like match day inside a football stadium especially when there's so much on the line the buildup has been intense and now we just can't wait for us all to begin it's anyone's guess though which team will come out on top in front of a packed [Music] house you're watching EA [Applause] TV number hello to you wherever you happen to be our action comes to you today from Villa Park I'm Derek Ray and joining me to provide expert analysis is Stuart Robson and this is where it all starts in the UEFA Champions League the group stage and match day one my goodness so much to look forward to it's Aston Villa up against Bayern Munich well I'm looking forward to this one Derek it's so important that you get off to a good start so let's hope both sides go for the win here and we get an exited [Applause] match yua kin with a corner and that's very confident goalkeeping in not easy circumstances Leon [Applause] Bailey Tak it away here's how the lineup looks for Aston Villa lucard plays with Matty cash in the fullback positions John mcin plays alongside Douglas Luis in central Midfield and the story in attack is one of a strike [Applause] partnership well you get the feeling when you watch Harry Kane that he dedicates himself daily to being the best player he can be Stewart what do you expect to see from him in this match well Derek we know he's a good all round finisher but I think his greatest attribute is his head in ability he seems to hang in the air he's got great technique when the ball comes onto his head and he usually hits the target that's his greatest skill and so they starting 11 for IR Manuel Neer gets the Nord in goal Yu aim starts with Alonso Davies in the fullback positions Leon goreta plays alongside Conrad Limer in central Midfield and the responsibility of leading the line today goes to Harry Kane good wait on that pass and the ball back with Villa now [Applause] dii he could pick out a teammate is this the moment oh my goodness he's caught that so well a goal of the highest class fantastic [Applause] technique well well here's the replay and what a well delivered cross this is perfectly placed and the movement is good making for a comfortable finish it's a really great [Applause] goal well just look at his reaction that could prove to be a massive goal for his team back onway and one n it is let's see what happens next message for Xavier TR here from looking back andet the rest of the party at the ticket office Del onto Getta but he keeps going goeta that's a good looking pass easy [Applause] say and offside I rather think he was caught in two minds well he just needed to go elsewhere with his pass he showed a complete lack of awareness there here it a go oh dealt with by the goalkeeper [Applause] the really good challenge now Harry Kane on the move oh great attacking play well no luck in terms of finding the target [Music] [Applause] oh breezing pass him and it's opening up great defending here body in the way again crucial intervention just then amid impending danger diab and flag raised offside well that was always going to be offside he just needed to hold on to the ball that little bit longer B have completely controlled the ball in the last 15 minutes and they've created chances it just now needs one of those chances to be taken but you feel it's coming and still a chance and at the second time of asking it's a goal the keeper meanwhile looks to the heavens well here's the replay yes it's a paent shot but the goalkeeper has to do a lot better there he's pared it out into a dangerous area and suddenly the ball's in the back of his net it's poor goalkeeping you have to [Applause] say 2-0 now and back on theway he [Applause] oh [Applause] [Applause] mcin has eyes for goal oh a nearly On Target not quite though yeah very nearly but the goalkeeper had it covered it wasn't really a great [Applause] effort oh fine play and maybe it'll set something up play towards the back post but one point on its flight I wondered if the keeper would have difficulties but no problems in the [Applause] end will he find the net well he didn't catch it badly but certainly questions to be asked about the lack of accuracy there [Applause] and it's Harry Kane on the Run well disappointing end to the move oh he looks threatening well he would have been disappointed had he spilled that one and there goes the halime whistle that will do it for the first half here at Villa Park [Applause] so underway again here and Bayern with an uphill climb after the events of the first half and he's through here oh but denied full credit to the keeper well of course he should score but what a save that [Applause] is musala well Bayern couldn't keep hold of the [Applause] ball well he had a decent reading of that ball [Applause] in [Applause] goeta in position well simple for the keeper and a bay and throw coming up [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] how [Applause] Torres and over the touch line for what will be a Bayern [Applause] throwing promising sequence in with a Chance easy save and the referee blows for a foul [Applause] and Bayern the recipients of the free kick [Applause] here well read to put an end to that attack [Applause] Conrad lier real chance well opportunity missed just when we wondered if things were going to change for them well this should have been a goal and boy do they need it so two substitutes to come on in one go [Applause] good Vision can he get onto this well unable to hold his run and that's [Applause] offside making progress and he takes on the shot that's a routine take Musa diabi Davies now looking dangerous [Applause] here hurri Kane well that's a long way off Target you've got to say really nice ball [Applause] [Applause] goeta oh it might be well whether it's a great chance or a half chance when you're trailing as they are you've got to put them away well if they are going to get back into this those are the sort of chances they have to take Jamal musiala and a good challenge to bring that attack to an [Applause] end and that'll be a Bayern ball did really well to get through giving it a try excellent block pull from the keeper and they'll come again a quarter of an hour remaining here good looking sequence lar could call one back here well diving magnificently to make sure he got there short corner it [Applause] is and pure Instinct from The Keeper well a top class reaction from a top class goalkeeper brilliant stuff the corner from Kimi well the keeper had plenty to think about with bodies around [Applause] him he's in here surely and a goal to put the final stamp on it that will do it [Applause] well let's look at this again Derek because the transition when the ball changes hands is so quick and it's a good run matched by a very cool finish what a great goal that is well no wonder he's delighted they're bossing the game now well if there were any lingering doubts about the outcome surely they now have been removed [Applause] very quick thinking there Musa diabi plenty of supports [Applause] here takes the shot and a goal to Delight the fans just what they were hoping for [Applause] well here's the replay watch how he goes past his man with such ease and it's just a change of pace and then what a finish that's been hit with such power and Pace the keeper has no time to react it's a brilliant [Applause] strike and this is turning into something of a Route 40 [Applause] well he's bound to be disappointed with himself not a great effort Stuart well the less said about that the better not a good decision from [Applause] him well using the space really well you've got to say able to get his body in the way not a successful intervention winning the ball back so 3 minutes of stoppage time it'll be counterattacking very much an [Applause] option Martinez and fed back to the goalkeeper oh a big mistake AK has a go an important save in the end yeah just about it's so full time it is and a morale boosting three points on the board to begin their European campaign yeah that's a good win and a vital three points another win next time out and they'll be in a great position well this man has given us plenty of reasons to dwell on his performance hasn't he Stuart well what more would you ask for his buildup play was clever his movement was Dynamic and he scored a couple of goals what a player he is [Applause]