Trezeguet double earns Juve revenge over Bayern

Juventus 2 Bayern Munich 1

The result leaves the two favourites for qualification from the group still in the top slots, with nine points each from four games. Club Brugge have six after their win over pointless Rapid Vienna.

Trezeguet fired Juve in front in the 62nd minute but four minutes later a Sebastian Deisler free kick from far and wide on the left passed through the area untouched and into the corner of Christian Abbiati’s goal.

But Juve’s winner came in the 85th minute as Trezeguet’s compatriot Patrick Vieira picked out the striker, who brought the ball down superbly before firing past Oliver Kahn.

Juve had Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off for a second yellow card in the 90th minute.

After a bright start both sides dropped their tempo and there was little to choose between them as they went in goalless at the interval.

Juve coach Fabio Capello replaced Alessandro Del Piero with Pavel Nedved at the break, and 13 minutes into the second half he brought winger Mauro Camoranesi on for defender Robert Kovac. The switches paid swift dividends.

Ibrahimovic fed Nedved inside the area and although the Czech midfielder looked to have been brought down by Lucio the ball fell to Trezeguet, who blasted home.

Bayern were level four minutes later when Deisler’s free kick, whipped in from more than 30 metres, skidded through a crowded area and past Abbiati to end Juve’s run of six Champions League home games without conceding.

A draw would have suited Bayern but Juve pushed on in the final stages and gained their reward when their two French performers linked up for a winner which avenges Juve’s defeat in Munich.

JUVENTUS: Abbiati, Thuram, Kovac (Camoranesi 58), Cannavaro, Chiellini, Emerson, Vieira, Zambrotta, Del Piero (Nedved 45), Trezeguet, Ibrahimovic, Camoranesi (Mutu 76).

BAYERN MUNICH: Kahn, Sagnol, Lucio, Ismael, Schweinsteiger, Deisler, Demichelis (Scholl 87), Ze Roberto, Ballack, Pizarro, Makaay (Guerrero 88).

Ref: Lubos Michel (Slovakia).