There was little doubt who deserved victory on Wednesday night as Barcelona toppled Bayern Munich in a 4-1 defeat to spark euphoria at Montjuic. However, the first half hour of the match was probably more in Bayern Munich’s favor, and Robert Lewandowski’s goal helped turn things back in their favor against his former club.

The only moment of controversy that Bayern fans can point to was a possible foul by Fermin Lopez on defender Kim Min-Jae in the build-up to the goal. Due to his push, the South Korean defender narrowly missed the ball in the air and put Fermin on target. It was a decision reviewed by VAR, but neither the referee nor the video assistant saw enough to give a foul.

Lopez was asked about it after the match.

“Well, I think he is very big to topple him,” laughed Fermin to Movistar+.

“Anyway, I tried to win the position, I bumped him a little bit from behind, and it helped me put a toe on it to get Robert. The truth is that it was a game where it all happened, and I think we deserved the win.”

However, Barcelona were well on top on the hour mark, at which point they were 4-1 up, and scored with all four shots on target during the match, even though they did have chances for more.

“Maybe after the first goal they had a moment of superiority and created a lot of chances against us, but after that we controlled the game well, we took advantage of the chances we had and the whole team played a great game,” he said . that Bayern ‘required a lot of concentration throughout the match’.

The Blaugrana will now look to address their poor run against Real Madrid, who have won all four of their most recent meetings. Lopez picked up an assist on his return to the starting lineup after a month out of action. It was the 21-year-old’s first start of the season for Barcelona, ​​having returned late from the Paris Olympics, and it will be interesting to see whether Flick will use him again at the Santiago Bernabeu, or Dani Olmo in the lineup will recover. .