Bayern Munich needed a stop-time goal to abandon Celtic and to secure a place in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday, while AC Milan was finished by Feyenoord and both Club Brugge and Benfica also made ahead. In Germany, Bayern defended a 2-1 lead on Celtic in their play-off draw of last week's first stage, but the Bundesliga leaders could not put the draw in bed, where Harry Kane hit the bar before halftime.
Instead, it was Celtic who went on the night at 63 minutes thanks to Nicolas Kuehn, the former Bayern player, who ran low in the net after a failed attempt to win the ball by Kim Min-Jae.
That meant that the draw was on its way to extra time, but Bayern did not have to go as far as they scored in the fourth minute of injury time.
Alphonso Davies bundled the ball up close to make the score 1-1 in the night and to conquer the draw for six times European champions Bayern 3-2.
The Vincent Kompany team will discover their last-16 opponents when the draw will be made on Friday, but it will be German rivals Bayer Leverkusen or Atletico Madrid.
“Of course we always want to dominate and be much better than the opponent, especially here. But the result is always the most important thing,” Kompany told UEFA.com
It was a heartbreaking way for Celtic to go out, but the Scottish champions will worry about their performance about the two legs.
“It never looked like we would give the goal we were doing and unfortunately for us, we did that. I can only be enormously proud of the performance and the boys have given everything,” said Keltic manager Brendan Rodgers.
Earlier, seven-time European Cup winners Milan were eliminated by Feyenoord, a 1-1 draw at San Siro, which brought the Dutch club to 2-1.
Santiago Gimenez, who played against the club he left last month, had put Milan ahead up close in the first minute to level the draw on aggregated.
Milan, however, had theo Hernandez sent away early in the second half for a second booking, and Feyenoord brought Julian Carranza to 73 minutes on the night.
At the end of the game, the visitors showed the visitors to show a red card after they had held on to win the draw.
They could now come back to San Siro in the next round, with Inter Milan and Arsenal their two possible opponents.
Benfica and Club Brugge through
In Lisbon, Benfica pulled 3-3 at home with Monaco to win and go their play-off draw 4-3 and then play Barcelona or Liverpool.
After won 1-0 in Monaco last week, the Portuguese giants expanded their total lead when Kerem Akturkoglu opened the score on the night halfway through the first half.
Monaco came back roaring with Takumi Minamino and Eliesse Ben Seghir who got on either side of the peace to level the draw on aggregated.
Vangelis Pavlidis scored a penalty, his seventh goal in his last six Champions League matches, to bring the night 2-2, only for replacement George Ilenikhena to hit back for Monaco.
The tie, however, certainly waved back to Benfica when Orkun Kokcu made the night 3-3 on the night at 84 minutes.
“It was a tough night, we knew that Monaco would put pressure on us from the start and we felt it, we didn't play our best game,” Kokcu told Broadcaster SportTV.
“Yet we are happy that we went to the last 16. I am glad I contributed to the result.”
Teenage Starlet Chemsdine Talbi scored twice when Club Brugge claimed a 3-1 victory over Atalanta in Italy to win their draw 5-2.
The brace of Talbi was followed by an excellent Ferran Jutgla strike when the Belgians built at their 2-1 victory at home in the first stage of last week and went to a last 16 draw against Lille or Aston Villa.
Atalanta had 29 attempts on the goal, but was punished during the break by the Belgians and the answer of breathola lookman at the start of the second half was a small comfort.
Lookman had also saved a penalty, while Atalanta captain Rafael Toloi was sent late, while the Europa League winners of last season bowed.
The remaining play-off second legs will take place on Wednesday, with the striking match Real Madrid defending a 3-2 leg in Manchester City.
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