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Champions League: Juventus fight back, draw Bayern Munich


A determined  Juventus had  second-half fight back against Bayern Munich to remain in contention for  the Champions League last 16 second leg.
The Old Lady came from 2 goals down to end the game in a stalemate, 2-2.
Bayern Munich was firing from all cylinders in the first half and overwhelmed Juve.
Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben scored a goal apiece for the The Bundesliga leaders in the first half  before Paulo Dybala pulled a goal back in the 63rd minute forJuve.
Stefano Sturaro goal ensures the Old Lady ended the game with a point.
In a post match comment,Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri,gave his side some pass mark despite the initial flaws "In the first half they pushed us hard in our own half and we just couldn't settle. We started making a lot of mistakes with our passes and didn't use the space well, but let's not forget we were playing Bayern.
"After the interval we played a lot better.
"We might have even snatched the win at the end, but we will need to make sure there's no repeat of our first half when we go to Munich."
While ,Bayern manager, Pep Guardiola whowill be going in to the next match with two away goal was delighted with the outcome.
  "I'm really happy with how we played. It's one of the matches from my career that I want to remember the most.
"You cannot really expect that your opponent will not get a single chance. That's football. Sometimes you can't look at just the result. We played with character."



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