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Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea (Extra-time to be played)

Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea (Extra-time to be played)
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Didier Drogba's late header earns Chelsea a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes in their Champions League final against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

Didier Drogba's late header has earned Chelsea a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes in their Champions League final against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

In a first half dominated by the Bundesliga side, Bayern's first opportunity came after only four minutes when Toni Kroos flashed his shot narrowly wide of Petr Cech's post.

Former Chelsea winger Arjen Robben should have done better minutes later, but his effort flew high and wide of the opposition goal.

As the Blues struggled to get out of their own half, the ever-dangerous Mario Gomez headed over from Franck Ribery's inviting cross.

Bayern's best chance of the opening 45 minutes fell to Robben, whose low shot was bundled away at his near post by an unknowing Cech.

Chelsea's first real threat came with 10 minutes to go in the half, but Juan Mata could only curl his free kick over the crossbar.

The Premier League side asserted themselves more in the final stages and they forced a good save from Manuel Neuer when he pushed away Salomon Kalou's shot at the near post.

There was one final opportunity in the half for Gomez who somehow blasted his effort over from 10 yards.

Bayern started strongly after the break, but it was Chelsea that had the first sight on goal when Drogba's speculative volley went wide.

Jupp Heynckes's side thought that they had opened the scoring soon after, but Franck Ribery was ruled offside after he had tapped in at the back post.

Bayern soon began to bombard the Chelsea goal and it was only the heroic defending of Ashley Cole that kept them at bay.

The full-back threw himself in front of a number of efforts as the Blues hung on for their lives.

The Germans thought that they had won the match when Muller snuck in at the back post to head in Bastian Schweinsteiger's cross with seven minutes remaining.

However, Drogba nodded in from Chelsea's first corner of the game with just two minutes left to play to take the game into extra time.

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