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Bayern Munich reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the seventh successive year with a thumping 3-1 victory over Besiktas.
The German champions led 5-0 on aggregate after the first leg, and Thiago’s early goal in Istanbul extended their advantage.
A Gokhan Gonul own goal immediately after half-time doubled Bayern’s lead, before Vagner Love pulled one back.
Sandro Wagner wrapped up a comfortable win for Bayern with a tap-in.
Besiktas – the first Turkish side to win a Champions League group – fielded six players aged 30 or older, BBC reports.
They started stronger than Bayern but it was the visitors who had the first chance when David Alaba’s free-kick was palmed low into the path of Thomas Muller, but he sliced over.
Thiago broke the deadlock with a simple tap-in from Muller’s perfectly weighted…
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