Keeping Bayern Munich at arm’s length for 80 minutes at the Allianz Arena is no mean feat, and Galatasaray were on the verge of walking
away from their matchday four contest with the Bundesliga champions with a hard-fought point to show for their efforts.
However, the deadlock was belatedly broken when Harry Kane nodded in Joshua Kimmich’s free kick, and the England captain gave Bayern
some much-needed breathing space with his second of the night in the 86th minute before Cedric Bakambu’s strike set up a tense finish.
Bakambu’s injury-time goal would end up being nothing more than a consolation, though, as Galatasaray agonisingly missed the chance to cement a top-two ranking
in Group A, where three teams will engage in a fierce fight for second place while group winners Bayern watch on with popcorn in hand.
Level on points with Copenhagen but boasting an inferior goal difference to their Danish counterparts, nothing can be decided regarding the fate of Okan Buruk’s men this week,
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although defeat coupled with a shock Copenhagen win over Bayern would leave them in a perilous position ahead of a possible winner-takes-all clash with the Scandinavians on December 12.
Three days after being bested in Bavaria, Buruk’s men suffered their first Turkish Super Lig loss of the season to Hatayspor, but the
hosts reverted to type with a 4-0 crushing of Alanyaspor on Saturday, where ex-Red Devils youth product Wilfried Zaha was among the scorers.
