Bayern Munich vs Lazio LIVE: Champions League result and reaction as Harry Kane scores crucial brace

6 mins: Apart from Kane and Dier, there are quite a few former Premier League faces on display tonight. Guendouzi is one of them and goes for Lazio with a snatched effort that is dragged wide of the post. Then Sane fires straight at Provedel at the other end.

4 mins: Kimmich has been switched out to the right tonight and puts in a dangerous ball towards Kane that Lazio are able to clear.

Sarri’s team have built their Champions League campaign on the defence, with four clean sheets in their last five.

2 mins: A lively start! Sane looks to clip a cross to Muller, but it’s a touch too high. Then Lazio break and Eric Dier has to get across well to cut out the danger.

Deafening chants of ‘BAYERN, BAYERN’ as we kick-off, bouncing from one end of the stadium to the other.

That’s a lot of pressure.

Time for the anthems! It’s a big, big night for Bayern Munich.

It’s a packed house and the Allianz will be expecting a response.

Harry Kane looks ready.

Harry Kane has already scored 20 goals at the Allianz Arena since joining Bayern.

Boy, could they do with another couple tonight.

There is another match in the Champions League tonight, with Paris Saint-Germain taking a 2-0 lead to Real Sociedad.

Kylian Mbappe starts and captains PSG in what is widely expected to be his final season at the club. Can he lead Luis Enrique’s side to that long-awaited first Champions League title?

Bayern have only failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League once in the past 12 seasons (that was to Liverpool in 2019, who won it that year).

Defeat to Lazio tonight would be a stunning low for the club given their recent record in the competition.

They’ve not lost at the Allianz Arena in 13 matches in the Champions League,

Lazio were huge underdogs when they were drawn against Bayern Munich in the last-16, but they now stand 90 minutes away from a first Champions League quarter-final in 24 years under Maurizio Sarri.

Lazio are ninth in the Serie A table this season and look unlikely to qualify next year, but Sarri believes his side can continue their journey this season as they head to the Allianz.

“We are aware of how difficult it is going to be, which ought to give us that spirit of sacrifice. Nothing is impossible in football, this must give us courage. We must be fired up and angry,” Sarri said.

“Bayern Munich are a top-quality team and they can score goals easily. Thinking we could just sit there and defend for 100 minutes is a bad idea, we’ve got to have the courage to push forward.”

Tuchel - ‘We have no time to waste’

It has already been confirmed that Thomas Tuchel will be leaving Bayern at the end of the season - but if they were beaten tonight, would there be any point in staying on?

Tuchel led Chelsea to the Champions League in 2021 and says he is still motivated to help Bayern this year despite knowing his fate has already been decided.

“I know what we have agreed on and what we have communicated but you can be sure there is no one who has more ambition than me to win the game tomorrow,” Tuchel said.

“[Against Lazio] every minute will count. Patience yes, if it is about not getting frustrated if things take a bit longer. Patience no, if it is only about generating possession. We have no time to waste.

“Time is on Lazio’s side so we need to play with a cool head but still have emotion and with emotion step on the gas and play for goals.”