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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23857666" data-attributes="member: 158020">Bayern Munich 2 AEK Athens 0:  Lewandowski puts Germans on brink of last 16   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/07/21/5901822-6364905-image-a-4_1541626686230.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Bayern Munich are within touching distance of the Champions League knockout  stages after a Robert Lewandowski double secured a routine 2-0 Group E win over  AEK Athens on Wednesday.   Benfica's draw with Ajax in the group's other game means that Niko Kovac's  side have opened up a two-point lead at the summit and know that a point against  the Portuguese side in three weeks' time will cement their place in the last  16.    Kovac has been under pressure this week after a disappointing 1-1 Bundesliga  draw with Freiburg on Saturday, but he will be relieved that his side came  through this clash unscathed.  They were far from their best against Marinos Ouzounidis' side – who now  have no chance of progressing – and were indebted to Lewandoswki's 31st-minute  penalty and smart finish in the second half to claim all three points.   Both sides had early headed chances, Vasilios Lampropoulos flashing wide and  Leon Goretzka's effort at the other end tipped over by Vasilios Barkas.    The Greeks' stubborn resistance was broken just after the half-hour mark when  Uros Cosic was penalised for grabbing Lewandowski's shirt at a corner, the  Poland international coolly dispatching the resulting spot-kick into Barkas'  top-left corner.Thomas Muller was denied by a superb Cosic block as the hosts  failed to add to their advantage before the interval.   Barkas was called into action 10 minutes after the restart, pawing away  Goretzka's volley from Joshua Kimmich's teasing cross, before spreading himself  well to divert Lewandowski's one-on-one effort just after the hour.   Bayern's talismanic striker was not to be denied in the 71st minute, however,  showing wonderful athleticism to hook home a deflected corner at the back post  to seal maximum points for Kovac's men.</blockquote>

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