Leroy Sane scored one and made another as Bayern Munich beat Inter Milan 2-0 in their opening 2022/23 UEFA Champions League fixture.

Inter Milan 0-2 Bayern Munich
Goals: 0-1 Sane 25’ (assist: Kimmich), 0-2 D’Ambrosio (o.g. 66’)

The only team in Champions League history to have won all of their group openers to date, Bayern lived up to their reputation as fast-starters by peppering Andre Onana’s goal. Joshua Kimmich made the Inter goalkeeper work twice in quick succession with shots from distance inside four minutes. Kingsley Coman then fired off target with an ambitious chipped attempt, before Thomas Müller connected with a Sane cross but put his first-time strike too close to Onana. Bayern’s next attempt stuck as Sane brilliantly controlled Kimmich’s sublime pass, rounded the keeper and slotted into the empty net. The visitors should have added to their deserved first-half lead, but Onana and Danilo D’Ambrosio blocked respective strikes from Alphonso Davies and Müller, before Marcel Sabitzer put the rebound wide.

Inter had only threatened sporadically in the first 45, with Lautaro Martinez dragging wide and Manuel Neuer making a routine stop from Danilio D’Ambrosio. Bayern had more defending to do after the restart as D’Ambrosio blazed over, and former Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko made Neuer work with a shot on the turn. Lucas Hernandez blocked another Dzeko effort from a Hakan Calhanoglu corner, before Bayern wrestled back the initiative. After Coman sent a deflected effort over and Onana fumbled a header onto a post, the record champions gave themselves breathing space. Sane and Coman carved open the defence with a slick exchange that culminated in D’Ambrosio putting Sane’s return pass into the net. Onana denied Sadio Mane his first Champions League goal for Bayern, while substitute Serge Gnabry blazed over. Joaquin Correa missed the chance to set up a grandstand finish as Bayern made a perfect start to their Group C campaign, ahead of the Matchday 2 reunion with Robert Lewandowski and Barcelona.

Match stats

• Bayern have won all 19 of their Champions League openers. No other team can lay claim to that feat.
• Bayern are now 11 Champions League matches without defeat to Italian opposition, and are unbeaten on their last seven trips to Italy (W5, D2).
• Sane brought up his 17th Champions League goal. Müller, Mario Gomez and Marco Reus are the only German nationals with more goals in the competition.
• Bayern have scored 29 goals in all competitions this season, whilst conceding just six.
• Germany's record champions are six-time Champions League winners, most recently lifting the trophy in 2019/20 as part of an unprecedented sextuple.
• Dzeko scored 85 goals in 142 competitive games for Wolfsburg between 2007 and 2011, whilst winning the Bundesliga title in 2008/09.

Teams

Inter: Onana - D'Ambrosio (c), Skriniar (de Vrij 72'), Bastoni (Dimarco 72') - Dumfries (Darmian 72'), Mkhitaryan, Brozovic, Calhanoglu (Gagliardi 81'), Gosens - Martinez, Dzeko (Correa 71')
Unused subs: Handanovic, Cordaz, Bellanova, Asllani, Acerbi, Barella
Out: Brazao (cruciate ligament), Dalbert (cruciate ligament), Lukaku (muscular)
Coach: Simone Inzaghi

Bayern: Neuer (c) - Pavard, de Ligt (Upamecano 75'), Hernandez (Stanisic 84'), Davies - Kimmich, Sabitzer (Goretzka 61') - Coman (Gnabry 75'), Müller, Sane (Musiala 84') - Mane
Unused subs: Ulreich, Schenk, Choupo-Moting, Gravenberch, Tel, Mazraoui
Out: Sarr (patella tendon)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann

As it happened

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