Bayern Munich scored five late goals to beat Bodo as Musiala hit milestone. Bayern Munich started their European journey with a very strong display, beating Bodo/Glimt 5-0 at home in the Allianz Arena. The game was the first match for both sides in the main round of the tournament. The home team scored every single one of their goals in the second half of the match. This happened after Bodo/Glimt had to take off their starting goalkeeper Nikita Haikin, who had stopped every shot during the first half with great saves. Jamal Musiala was picked in the starting lineup for the first time this season and scored the first goal in the forty-seventh minute with a great hit. Harry Kane added the second goal in the sixty-first minute. Soon after, Alphonso Davies hit the third goal in the seventy-seventh minute, and Michael Olise scored two fine goals in the eighty-third and ninety-second minutes to make the win completely clear.
Musiala’s goal was also very important for the history books, because it was the nine-hundredth goal for Bayern Munich in the history of the Champions League and the old European Cup. Only Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have managed to score that many goals in these big tournaments. Michael Olise had an amazing second half and made defender Odin Bjorntuft get a red card in the eighty-seventh minute for pulling him down. The away team had to put in their backup goalkeeper Julian Faye Lund at the break, and he let in all five goals, but he was not really to blame because the finishes were so clean and hard to stop.
This big win helped the German club keep an old tradition alive, as they have now won their first Champions League match in each of the past twenty-four seasons in a row, a run that started back in the year 2003. In addition to that, Bayern have not lost a single home game in this stage of the competition for thirty-nine matches in a row, taking thirty-seven wins and two draws since December 2013. Bodo/Glimt arrived with five wins in a row in all matches, but that run ended on this night. This was the first time these two clubs played against each other, and two other old trends continued as well. Bayern still have zero losses against teams from Norway with seven wins and two draws, while Bodo/Glimt still have zero wins against German sides in Europe with one draw and three defeats.
Serge Gnabry was still working his way back from injury and could not play in this game. The biggest story in Bayern’s team sheet was the return of Jamal Musiala to the starting team for the first time this season. He played in the attack behind Harry Kane along with Michael Olise and Luis Diaz. In the center of the pitch, the team started Joshua Kimmich and Aleksandar Pavlovic. Manuel Neuer started in goal for Bayern to begin his eighteenth year in a row in the Champions League, playing behind defenders Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Jonathan Tah, and Alphonso Davies.
The away team was led by head coach Kjetil Knutsen and set up in a basic four-three-three formation. The three forwards chosen to lead the attack were Sondre Auklend, Andreas Helmersen, and Ole Blomberg.
Bayern had a massive chance to take the lead just five minutes into the game after a pass from Joshua Kimmich, but Luis Diaz hit a header from close range straight into the body of goalkeeper Nikita Haikin. After that early chance, the home team had the ball a lot but did not create many dangerous moments for a long time. It took until the thirty-fifth minute for Kimmich to hit a hard shot from far away, but the ball bounced off the post and stayed out. A few minutes later, Musiala tried a shot to test Haikin, but the keeper was ready and pushed it away. Bayern kept pushing and the goalkeeper had to stop a clean strike from Kimmich right before the break. Haikin hurt his leg while making those saves and was limping badly when the referee blew the whistle for halftime at 0-0.
During the break, the injured goalkeeper had to leave the field, and backup keeper Julian Faye Lund came on to guard the goal for the away team. The game went wrong for him immediately. A shot from Kane was blocked, but the ball rolled to Musiala, who hit it on the half-turn from inside the box to give Bayern a 1-0 lead. The strike was also the nine-hundredth goal for Bayern Munich in the competition, joining Real Madrid as the only teams to reach that number.
Kane came very close to scoring soon after when he met a cross from Konrad Laimer, but his shot flew just wide of the post. The forward made up for that miss in the sixty-first minute by heading home a cross from a Michael Olise free kick to make it 2-0. Bodo tried to fight back and almost scored six minutes later when Andreas Helmersen noticed Neuer far off his line and tried a long chip that barely missed. In the seventy-seventh minute, the game was settled. A corner fell to Alphonso Davies, who hit a clean strike from outside the box right into the net for 3-0.
Bayern kept attacking easily, and Olise scored his own goal five minutes later with a powerful shot from distance to make it 4-0. The French winger was playing at his highest level and then forced Odin Bjorntuft to take a red card after the defender grabbed him on a break. Olise finished off the game in extra time with a solo run to seal the 5-0 win.
Nikita Haikin’s first-half display was the sole factor keeping Bodo/Glimt level, with the Russian keeper denying four prime opportunities before a muscle tweak forced him off at the interval. The arrival of Julian Faye Lund drastically altered the defensive shape, as Bodo dropped deeper into their box, leaving open pockets at the edge of the penalty area that Bayern’s midfielders quickly turned into shooting zones.
Michael Olise continued his electric run of form under Vincent Kompany, finishing the contest with two goals, an assist, and five successful take-ons while drawing Bjorntuft’s straight red card. Operating in tandem with Musiala between the lines, Olise’s ability to pull markers out of position opened direct paths for Davies and Kane to exploit in transition.
The 5-0 scoreline places Bayern Munich atop the standings on goal difference and confirms their traditional attacking efficiency on opening nights in Europe. For Kjetil Knutsen’s Bodo/Glimt, the loss ends their five-match winning run across all competitions, demonstrating the defensive discipline required over ninety minutes to hold off Europe’s elite clubs away from home.
