VIDEO: Benatia's 7th-minute header hands Bayern Munich lifeline vs. Barcelona
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One down. Two to go.
Trailing 3-0 on aggregate as they entered the second leg of their semifinal tie versus Barcelona in the Champions League, Bayern Munich received an early boost in their bid to overturn the deficit.
In criminal fashion, Mehdi Benatia was left unmarked on a corner kick in the seventh minute and he made the Catalan club pay for their lapse in judgment by thumping a powerful header past the outstretched fingertips of Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Benatia's goal brought an end to Bayern's six-hour scoring drought and also ended one of Barcelona's impressive streaks:
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