Robben wings in again for Bayern

THE conqueror of Fiorentina and Manchester United, Arjen Robben, again produced the moment of individual brilliance that settled a Champions League game, although the former Chelsea winger’s 70th-minute winner was just one of several talking points.

From Lyon’s 500-mile coach ride to Germany for the semi-final first leg, to the controversial dismissal of their centre-half Jeremy Toulalan early in the second half, this was an evening of regret and missed opportunity for the French, although it was the first half red card shown to Bayern’s Franck Ribery that might have broader implications.

Ribery was dismissed after 36 minutes for a stamp on the ankle of Lyon forward Lisandro Lopez, a challenge which looked worse on repeated viewing but which Italian referee Roberto Rosetti needed to see but once before correctly showing the Frenchman an automatic red.