Olympiakos misses chance for a point against Bayern

Olympiakos missed a great chance for a result against Bayern Munich on Tuesday as it lost 3-2 at home for the Champions League despite raising its game to match its illustrious opponent.

Olympiakos scored first, halfway through the first half, as Costas Tsimikas stormed through the right-hand side of the German defense to find Youssef El-Arabi and he beat Manuel Neuer, who cleared the ball only after it had crossed the line.

Just 11 minutes later though Bayern equalized with Robert Lewandowski who got the spills from a Jose Sa save to power the ball to the net's ceiling.

Olympiakos held on till the hour mark, often threatening its visitors too, but a series of defensive errors after a corner kick led to Lewandowski completing Bayern's fightback on the 62nd minute.

Corentin Tolisso then capitalized on another lapse of concentration by Olympiakos and...

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