Bayern 3-1 Sporting CP, Champions League: Lennart Karl Stars As Bavarians Register Thumping Win

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Bayern’s 17-year-old midfielder Lennart Karl produced an audacious bit of skill to continue his high-scoring start to life in the Champions League in a 3-1 win over Sporting Lisbon which lifted Bayern to second behind Arsenal. Karl scored his third goal in four career Champions League games, controlling a pass from Konrad Laimer in mid-air before volleying a shot from a tight angle over two onrushing defenders and past the goalkeeper. It was part of a 12-minute, three-goal turnaround for Bayern after Joshua Kimmich’s own-goal handed Sporting the lead. Serge Gnabry leveled for Bayern when he was left unmarked at a corner in the 65th, before Karl scored Bayern’s second in the 69th and defender Jonathan Tah made it 3-1 in the 77th.

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Fans light flares during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Sporting's Joao Simoes reacts as a smoke from flares fills the field during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's Dayot Upamecano, right, challenges for the ball with Sporting's Luis Suarez during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer makes a save during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's Lennart Karl, centre, in action during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's Michael Olise, right, talks to Bayern's Harry Kane during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's Lennart Karl celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's Lennart Karl, left, scores his side's second goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's Serge Gnabry, left, scores his side's opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Bayern's Joshua Kimmich reacts after scoring an own goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Sporting CP in Munich, Germany. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader

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