Bayern Munich 5-0 Besiktas: 5 talking points

Bayern were
Bayern were dominant and ruthless in victory as they have their sights set on the last-8

3) There is zero hope of a Besiktas comeback

The impos
The impossible job: Besiktas have to make history and keep a clean sheet to stand any chance of progression

No team has ever come back from a 5-0 deficit after the first leg of a Champions League knockout tie. To recover from this is not only improbable, it's practically impossible.

Arsenal almost managed to turn around a 4-0 deficit when they faced AC Milan at the Emirates during the 2011/12 campaign, but they would only win 3-0 and came up a goal short. Even still, the two ties are not really comparable - the current Bayern crop is twice as good across all areas of the pitch as that Milan side, while Besiktas are simply not good enough to challenge an unpredictable Arsenal, even now.

If it was not for the dismissal yesterday evening, they may have perhaps caused an upset against the Bundesliga giants - or at least netted an away goal. Conceding five and scoring no away goals though, will leave them having to play for pride rather than any real competition during their home leg in two weeks' time.

Even without an away goal in Turkey, Bayern are not going to concede five goals. The last time they did, was six years ago. Good luck Besiktas, but it just isn't going to happen.

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