Arnaut Danjuma Strike Sinks Bayern Munich as Villareal Waste Many Chances to Sink the Germans

• Villareal CF defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal
• The irrepressible Arnaut Danjuma struck early in a match that the Yellow Submarine could have won by many more goals
• They might just come to rue these misses when the second leg comes around next week at the Allianz Arena in Bavaria

An eighth minute strike by star-man Arnaut Danjuma saw Villareal CF edging Bayern Munich at the Estadio de la Cerámica.

Truthfully, the Yellow Submarine will be kicking themselves after wasting many opportunities to likely seal the tie in just the first leg. However, they proved that their destruction of Juventus in the last 16 was no fluke as they thoroughly outplayed the visiting Germans.

Danjuma's goal came after a shot from wide out - which was going wide - found its way to his feet, with Nigerian-born Dutchman sticking his foot out, sending the helpless Manuel Neuer in the wrong direction.

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Bayern had 22 shots at goal with just four on target. However, a disciplined Villareal defence and solid goalkeeping from Gerónimo Rulli rendered the Germans largely toothless.

Villareal had 12 shots at Neuer with just four, including the goal, on target. A lack of composure saw the home team miss numerous chances having outnumbered Bayern defenders as more attackers pushed forward at the other hand.

Julian Nagelsmann will be a relieved man as he knows deep down inside his men could have been forced to surmount a higher deficit. On the other hand, Unai Emery will be praying and sweating that Bayern is just as merciful at the Allianz Arena next Tuesday, though this will be highly unlikely.

Incidentally, this was Bayern Munich's first away loss in a Champions League away match in the knockout rounds since 2017.

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As reported on Sports Brief, the Yellow Submarine got to this stage by shocking everyone in accounting for Italian giants Juventus, defeating them 4-1 on aggregate in the last 16.

Bayern was far more ruthless in their last tie, thumping Austrian side RB Salzburg 8-2 over the two legs.