hello it's a real pleasure to be with you from west london from stamford bridge
my name is derek ray and i'm joined for commentary by lee dixon and we've got so much to look
forward to this is where it all begins in europe's premier club competition the uefa champions league
the group stage match day one action it's chelsea up against bayern munich well derek
i hope you are as excited as me to start the champions league always a special atmosphere
both teams will be hoping for a long journey or it may be very very short we're about to find out
thank you stanford well it was an incredible campaign wasn't it
it's hard enough to win the champions league but to go on
and repeat that success is really really difficult but they are a massive club
big expectations top players they need a bit of luck along the way they certainly had some of that
last season but you expect them to go deep into this competition can they go all the way though
and this is how it looks for chelsea and golocante starts alongside giorgino
in the center of midfield and as for the attack well it has
a bold look about it with three forwards listed from the beginning
he's going forward well here coleman now with lewandowski
that needs an accurate cross
well no way through
possession lost by chelsea here well that's one for them to pursue
keeping it moving dynamically oh nice ball over the top to chase still alive
and a goal at the second time of asking but the keeper has let his team down
oh derek it's a blooper really poor from the keeper
he won't want to see this again it's a fumble you have to say
and he's punished slightly different vantage point in terms of the goal that was scored
it'll be interesting to see whether or not chelsea can articulate an appropriate reply
chillwell mount now chelsea in a position of menace
happy to pass the ball but remaining patient
lewandowski on the ball with alfonso davies this is robert lewandowski
versus mila a stylish ball what can they do now and couldn't keep himself on side
james
timo verna pulisic now and that puts them in position
a good defending cluttered out of there
well he's lost the ball lewandowski
onto goretzka alfonso davies
yozu and bayern moving the ball with purpose
not a very good challenge and he skips past his man
yozur kimi's bayern have given us away
failed to keep hold of it david alaba and kenny
possession is the watchword inside their own territory
really nice ball now he's got to stay calm a 1v1 situation and the goalkeeper does his job really
good experience there picked his time really good save and chelsea have given us away lewandowski
and he did his job defensively really getting stuck in this might be the perfect
counter counter-attacking opportunity and the counter-attack came to nothing
any sort of lead is important they have the lead what have you made of it so far
well it's all going well for buying just it's tight control the ball is
key when the game's like this they do have the players to do it though but leading up
to half time they'll be the happier of the two sets of players cole man
and the first 45 minutes have come and gone here at stamford bridge
the high marks go to kingsley command for what he put into the first
and so the second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
thomas mueller zulu
really showing off his wide range of passing skills
perfectly positioned to take it away well beating his opponent
a foul but advantage buyer sanae in the middle and the no-nonsense clearance
breaking at base given away by chelsea
vienna well that's a well-timed pass could it be
oh they've done it a goal for chelsea who've got themselves on level terms
well here's the goal again it's a clever ball through and a great run but i have to say
after that the keeper doesn't cover himself in glory near post left exposed and he's punished
well the earlier goal canceled out one a piece
leon gohetska versus mueller
half an hour remaining then
thomas mueller zealer
well and the cross is very much on bayern munich have possession again
pavar zane has it it might be perfectly set up for the counter attack you know
so many possibilities but it didn't happen for them
vana
potential danger and this time the run sadly that's offside
chill
well real difficulty keeping the ball
christensen just 10 minutes to go progress made by chelsea and at this late stage
a goal could be decisive well that's bayern's turn now
sunny
over the middle in the direction of leroy zane
options in the middle
kimmy and that is how to block
fine cross into the middle and diving to thwart him late in the game a bayern corner as his can
they make it count and now the delivery and you need your defender to take charge
space afforded him level pegging but can they change that
hernandez douglas costa strong play here
and that is that the 90 minutes have come and gone neither side holds the advantage