Goran Pandev struck two minutes from time to give FC Internazionale Milano a dramatic win at FC Bayern München and propel the UEFA Champions League holders through to the quarter-finals on away goals.
Bayern’s 1-0 first-leg advantage lasted just four minutes as Samuel Eto’o tucked away his eighth goal of the competition. By 31 minutes Mario Gomez and Thomas Müller had struck to turn the game on its head, giving Louis van Gaal’s men a handy lead – but there was a nasty sting in the tail for a side beaten by the Nerazzurri in last May’s showpiece.
Wesley Sneijder’s 63rd-minute equaliser set the platform for Pandev, who fired high into the net as Inter became only the second club in UEFA Champions League history – and the first in 15 years – to overturn a first-leg deficit on their travels.
Bayern had failed to win either of their two previous home games against Inter and that record looked set to continue as Eto’o quickly evened up the tie. The prolific Cameroonian latched onto Pandev’s perfectly-judged pass, and his confidence was evident as he deftly slipped the ball beyond Thomas Kraft. Bayern’s first-leg match-winner Gomez has matched Eto’o goal for goal in the competition, and the German international registered his eighth of the campaign soon after.
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