Lucky Bayern come from behind to beat Sevilla
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sarabia should then have put the hosts ahead but fired just wide after the ball dropped perfectly for him in front of goal1 bayern munich fought back with a deflected own goal and a late header from thiago to claim a 2-1 win at sevilla in an exciting champions league quarter-final first leg clash on tuesday1 however five minutes later bayern levelled when sevillas jesus navas deflected franck riberys cross past home goalkeeper david soria at the near post1 with sevilla tiring five-time european champions bayern took advantage and thiago headed the winner with the help of a deflection off escudero in the 68th minute1 vincenzo montellas sevilla were unlucky to go in level at the break having had the better of the first half and demonstrating the spirit that saw them knock out manchester united in the last 161 despite the absence of suspended playmaker ever banega the andalusians defied their underdog label and might have been awarded a penalty when joaquin correa was felled by jerome boateng1 the referee however booked him for diving1 pablo sarabia had put sevilla ahead in the 32nd minute when he got the better of juan bernat to control sergio escuderos cross and fire home at the back post1 the spanish attacking midfielder made amends with the opening goal before navass own goal levelled the scores1 with bayerns usual left-back david alaba injured bernat was given a torrid time by sarabia who he was booked for fouling shortly after the opener before being withdrawn at halftime1 the hosts nearly scored just after the break but javi martinez made a superb tackle on franco vazquez in the area1 after that sevilla ran out of steam and soria had to make a fine save to deny martinez before thiago grabbed the winner1 having let the lead slip sevilla never looked like pulling level and bayerns robert lewandowski fired narrowly wide as the visitors looked for a third1 the visitors were in control in what seemed like sevillas undoing in the 2-2 draw with barcelona in la liga on saturday1 sevilla now need an unlikely triumph against the experienced jupp heynckes side in munich in next wednesdays second leg to reach the champions league semi-finals for the first time1