Thomas Muller penalty beats Lille

A first-half Thomas Muller penalty was enough for Bayern Munich to see off Lille in their Champions League Group F tie tonight.

The result means that the French side face an almost impossible task to qualify after losing their opening three matches in this season's competition.

Bayern's superiority was evident from the off as captain Phillip Lahm sent an early sighter just wide of the target.

The experienced German was then brought down in the box by Lucas Digne, allowing Muller to net the game's solitary goal from the resulting spot kick.

In a match of few chances, Javi Martinez came close to extending Bayern's advantage but couldn't direct his header goalwards.

Dimitri Payet and Florent Balmont wasted two of Lille's limited opportunities as Munich held on for a comfortable victory.

Bayern are now joint top of the pool in a three-way tie with BATE Borisov and Valencia, who beat the Belarusians in tonight's other Group F clash.