Chelsea’s Champions League experience (UEFA) ended on a sore note as they lost 0-3 to the Bavarian giants on Tuesday night.
The exceptional team play of the Blues side came to nothing when they came up with the Bayern Munich sides.
The imperial trio of Thiago Alcantara, Serge Gnabry and forward Robert Lewandowski massacre Chelsea even as the former (midfield player) picked up a booking in the 45th minutes of the game.
Following the Bayern 0-3 win, evaluate three (3) significant talking points from the match.
Elimination Beckons For Chelsea
Chelsea losing at home presented all of us (both the sportswriter and football analyst) the full scope of Chelsea’s situation ahead of the return leg at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern was intentional in this 90 minutes affair as they take advantage ahead of the return leg.
It was a bizarre result for Chelsea football club and Frank Lampard’s young side as it bemoaned the class and technical capacity Chelsea’s well renounced for.
This places Chelsea in a point of no return as they faced elimination possibly, following their discouraging 0-3 defeat against Bayern Munich at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea Learns From Bayern
Bayern Munich may have lost on penalties after regulation ended 1-1 against Chelsea at the Allianz Arena coupled of seasons ago.
Didier Drogba brought the Blues back into the contest equalizing after Thomas Muller had given the Bavarian giants the lead.
However, the 0-3 home defeat suggests a couple of educational tutorials for the Blues as Bayern thrived in transition at Stamford Bridge.
This is been acknowledged by the Chelsea boss and legend Frank Lampard speaking in the post-match press conference as the Blues admits learning from the Bayern loss at home.
London Foe Haunt Chelsea
Chelsea lost 0-3 at home but it would be incomplete if we do not mention the source of Chelsea problems in the game.
Chelsea may have beaten Spurs 2-1 at home thus winning the London derby at the weekend but they have got no answer to what former Arsenal star Serge Gnabry brought to the forefront.
They drew 2-2 with Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in recent weeks and they could also not handle the threat of the German international.
This got the winger to haunt Chelsea as he combined in aplomb with Lewandowski to deliver the goods for Bayern.
This showed how much he’s improved since leaving Arsenal and the Emirate Stadium during the time of French boss Arsene Wenger.
