Robbed It

Bayern Munich put last year's final defeat against Chelsea behind them by coming out of a tight fought contest to lift the 2012/2013 UEFA Champions League. After a goalless first half, Munich took the lead through Mario Mandzukic, only for that to be cancelled out by Ilkay Gundogan's penalty. Arjen Robben, who missed a penalty in extra time against Chelsea, was on hand though to win the game for Munich in the final minutes of normal time.

After a first half that Dortmund probably edged on points, especially in the opening exchanges, the sides went in goalless at the break. Keepers Manuel Neuer and Roman Weidenfeller were both called in to action during the half and did extremely well closing the angle down and blocking the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben. Neuer's best save came when Jakub Blaszczykowski swivelled and shot from short range, but Neuer managed to just tip it over. Weidenfeller's best effort came when he somehow managed to get fingertips to a Mario Mandzukic header which just turned it on to the crossbar and over. Weidenfeller was also called in to action late on in the half when Robben tried to lift the ball over the German in their latest one-on-one, but Robben could only find Weidenfeller's face and it remained 0-0.

The final then truly came alive on the hour mark when Bayern took the lead; Franck Ribery played Robben through once again and the Dutchman made it to the touchline before pulling the ball back for Mandzukic to roll the ball home in to the empty net.

But Munich's lead only lasted seven minutes courtesy of one of Dortmund's most effective players, Marco Reus. Reus managed to out-fox Dante as he ran in to the box and the Brazilian clumsily fouled the German. Gundogan stepped up and sent Neuer the wrong way to restore parity.

With extra time looming, Munich managed to break Dortmund hearts with just minutes to spare. Dortmund failed to get out from a free-kick and the ball would get floated back in. Ribery managed to take the ball down before threading it through a group of defenders with a back heel. Robben managed to poke his way through before ending up reverse rolling the ball past Weidenfeller to squeeze it home and give Bayern the trophy they so desperately wanted.