Coach Pep Guardiola’s men ended the match with ten men after Xabi Alonso’s 100th appearance in Europe’s elite competition was cut short for two bookable offences.
The match, staged hundreds of miles from Shakhtar’s Donbas Arena due to conflict in Kiev, was the Ukrainian’s first competitive game since their Match Day 6 draw with FC Porto ten weeks ago, and despite enjoying 59 per cent of possession; Bayern could not just fancy a breakthrough in the end to say the least.
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