Watch: Alaba smashes crossbar with vicious strike from 35 yards out
Reuters
Inches.
That's what separated David Alaba from scoring a goal that would have, in addition to being one of the best of the season, given Bayern Munich a coveted away tally.
The versatile Austrian unleashed a vicious strike from some 35 yards out early in the second half of Wednesday's Champions League contest against Atletico Madrid, but despite accomplishing the rare feat of beating Jan Oblak, he was thwarted by the crossbar.
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