Chelsea vs Bayern Munich: Premier League champions beaten 3-2

The German giants, Bayern Munich defeated Chelsea 3-2 in an entertaining International Champions Cup clash in Singapore on Tuesday.
Bayern struck three times in the first half with Rafinha opening the scoring and Thomas Muller clutching two for himself.

Antonio Conte‘s side were stunned but pulled back a goal just before half time with Marcos Alonso hammering home.
New signing Alvaro Morata made his Chelsea debut in the second half but it was Michy Batshuayi who scored the second goal for the Blues.
Chelsea went behind early on as Rafinha put the German champions 1-0 up with a low shot from the right which took two bounces and skipped inside the far post and past Thibaut Courtois.

Soon it got worse for Chelsea as Muller scored twice in quick succession, the first a volley from Franck Ribery’s fine cross, the second a brilliant curling effort from over 25 yards out to give the Germans a 3-0 lead with just 27 minutes on the clock.
Chelsea improved before half time with Conte’s men creating chances on the break and Alonso then smashed home Victor Moses‘cross as the Blues trailed 3-1 at the interval.

Both teams soon made substitution with Kingsley Coman replacing Robert Lewandowski for Bayern, plus David Luiz coming on for Andreas Christensen and Alvaro Morata made his Chelsea debut, replacing the impressive Jeremie Boga.

Gary Cahill then denied James Rodriguez with a great block but Chelsea couldn’t find a way back into the game as Morata lined up on the left of a front three with Michy Batshuayi in the middle.
Batshuayi went close to pulling another goal back but couldn’t get on the end of a cross, then James’ twice went close for Bayern but Courtois denied him.
Luiz hit the post for Chelsea late on and then Batshuayi finished after Morata’s flick on from a Cesc Fabregas corner to make it 3-2, but the west London club couldn’t grab an equalizer.
This is the Blues first defeat for the first time in pre-season after beating Arsenal 3-0 in their opening last weekend.
Chelsea’s next game is against Inter Milan in Singapore on Saturday before they head back to the UK for the community Shield against Arsenal at Wembley on Aug. 6.