It was as though National Day arrived a week early. Throngs of bodies clad in red, a party-like atmosphere and plenty of song and dance. Singapore will celebrate National Day in seven days but there was a celebration of football on Wednesday in Kallang as Bayern...
He said : “We expected that . Malaysia and Singapore have a lot of Liverpool fans and the intensity didn’t surprise me.
But he was all smiles when talking about the fans, adding: “The atmosphere was great. The people created something really special. We felt it from the first second. super welcome, that’s intense as well. Unlike at the Padang next week, there was no national anthem here but there were still goosebumps-inducing singing as the crowd belted out You’ll Never Walk Alone with gusto just before kick-off.
Serge Gnabry struck back for Bayern just five minutes later when he latched on to South Korean defender Kim Min-jae’s ball over the top and jinked past Joel Matip before beating Alisson Becker. Allez, Allez, Allez – they sang in the stands and then Colombian winger Luis Diaz responded with a hit of his own in the 66th minute as he evaded a challenge from Josip Stanisic before unleashing a piledriver into the bottom corner of the net.
While the goals alone would have been enough to keep the fans entertained, the individual battles on the field proved to be a fascinating subplot.The second period saw Andy Robertson having to contend with the trickery and swiftness of Bayern’s French winger Kingsley Coman before Liverpool’s Scottish left-back was substituted on the hour mark.
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