juventus fightback frustrates bayern published: tuesday 23 february 2016, 22.51cet juventus 2-2 bayern thomas müller and arjen robben put bayern in charge, but first uefa champions league goals for paulo dybala and stefano sturaro levelled the tie.
juventus come from two goals down to draw with bayern thomas müller (43) and arjen robben (55) puts visitors on top paulo dybala and stefano sturaro score first competition goals to level tie juve now unbeaten in 17 european home games, since bayern's 2013 win in turin second leg takes place at fußball arena münchen on 16 march a stirring juventus fightback, and first uefa champions league goals for paulo dybala and stefano sturaro, denied bayern münchen victory in turin despite strikes either side of half-time from thomas müller and arjen robben.
juventus had kept nine successive clean sheets but that record was under threat within four minutes, gianluigi buffon beating away a swerving volley from former team-mate arturo vidal. robert lewandowski then unselfishly squared for müller, but leonardo bonucci was on hand to clear the underhit shot off the line.
buffon then denied juan bernat and lewandowski, but the goalkeeper was finally beaten two minutes before half-time. andrea barzagli prevented douglas costa's left-wing cross reaching lewandowski, but his clearance fell only to müller, who made no mistake.
ten minutes into the second period it was 0-2, bayern breaking at pace again. lewandowski played in robben down the right and the dutchman duly cut inside on to his favoured left foot to bend a delicious strike beyond buffon.
that goal finally sparked juve into life, and within eight minutes they had a foothold in the tie thanks to a slip by joshua kimmich. mario mandžukić slipped in paulo dybala, and suddenly juve had hope.
with mandžukić increasingly influential, juventus were beginning to to threaten bayern's makeshift defence, and álvaro morata's 75th-minute introduction brought immediate dividends. sixty seconds later, the spaniard nodded across goal to fellow substitute stefano sturaro, and the finish was high past manuel neuer. both sides had chances to win it, but head to germany with nothing between them.
key player: arjen robben (bayern) the dutchman was at his lively best at the juventus stadium, covering more than 10km and managing four solo runs and the same number of shots on goal. the two factes combined for his goal as he dribbled across the juve defence before bending a sumptuous shot into the far corner.
fortress turin müller and robben looked to have inflicted juve's first home european defeat in 17 fixtures – since bayern's last visit in 2013 – as they gave the visitors a two-goal cushion. juventus, however, have not lost in any competition since matchday six – their sole defeat in their last 23 games – and showed exactly why with a stirring fightback.
juve substitutes make the difference morata's five knockout goals in the 2015/16 uefa champions league showed his appetite for the big occasion and the spaniard was quickly into the thick of the action here, his square header setting up sturaro. the 22-year-old had just three juve goals to his name before tonight, but got ahead of kimmich and made no mistake to change the complexion of the tie.
