Falcao & lederhosen: The top tweets from Bayern Munich’s Porto win
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It’s hard to believe it now but Bayern Munich went into their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Porto as underdogs to progress, yet after a first-half Bavarian football master class, Twitter was awash with comment.
The Bundesliga champions were at their imperious best, with the Portuguese visitors put to the sword in a performance that had fans purring.
Here are just some of the social media highlights from the game.
With Bayern racing into a 5-0 lead by half-time, there were heat maps and pitch maps aplenty to enjoy, all of which served to highlight their dominance.
BBC Sport went with this rather traditional looking one…
How’s this for a heat map of Bayern Munich v Porto? https://t.co/yTqwsu37vP pic.twitter.com/LMS3eSekxa
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 21, 2015
While Squawka decided to highlight the fact the Bavarians had had a lot of shots at goal…
SHOT MAP: Bayern Munich have had 10 shots tonight, they’ve scored 5 goals. Not much else to say really. pic.twitter.com/jH71acNCHf
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 21, 2015
This rather unique edition did Porto few favours either…
Three goals – all of them were defensive errors. Our stats focus for Porto 3:1 Bayern by Shantanu Paranjape: https://t.co/d41apsilR0
— Bayern Central (@bayerncentral) April 16, 2015
> Still, at least the trolls were out in force to remind Manchester United fans that their club made a rather expensive mistake last summer.
When you realise Bayern Munich have scored more goals in one half than you have all season. pic.twitter.com/q96caHtWgR
— GeniusFootball (@GeniusFootball) April 21, 2015
Having gone in five goals up at half-time, there were also plenty keen to mock Bayern’s Portuguese opposition of course.
Bayern Munich right now… pic.twitter.com/4zJWzV6ase
— Pie Sports Booze (@piesportsbooze) April 21, 2015
Because, from the looks of things, they are really good at keeping hold of the ball, which did not bode well for the second-half.
Bayern Munich vs Porto in the 2nd half… pic.twitter.com/5FbEnx26Cf
— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) April 21, 2015
Even a certain Mr Hasselbaink got in on the action.
Bayern Munich are on fire. Masterclass. It’s like watching Burton Albion. #BAFCandPromoted
— Jimmy Floyd (@jf9hasselbaink) April 21, 2015
The usual Simpsons-related gag was rolled out by Bleacher Report.
“It’s okay Porto”. The funniest reactions from Bayern’s Munich 6-1 win over Porto. https://t.co/dd972finUQ pic.twitter.com/86CmPa2RVT
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) April 21, 2015
While the enduring image of the night on Twitter must surely be the sight of Thomas Muller dancing in lederhosen.
Bayern Munich are through to the Champions League semi-finals for the 4th year in a row! https://t.co/8PgVA6O7ao
— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) April 21, 2015
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