MUNICH: Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies snatched a last-gasp equaliser against Celtic for a 1-1 draw in their playoff to reach the Champions League last-16 3-2 on aggregate.

They will next face either fellow Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen or Atletico Madrid depending on Friday’s draw.

Davies scored in stoppage time after former Bayern reserve player Nicolas Kuehn had given the visitors a shock lead in the 63rd minute as they tried to overturn a first-leg deficit and win a first game in Germany in 16 attempts.

Having lost the first leg 2-1 in Glasgow, Celtic came agonisingly close to forcing extra time with a bold performance that had the hosts on the backfoot for much of the game.

Bayern had to wait until the stroke of halftime for their own opportunity, striker Harry Kane hitting the bar with a shot. The England captain, who had little impact otherwise and was nursing a knock to the head from the Leverkusen game, was taken off at halftime.

Bayern came close again seconds after the restart with Goretzka failing to beat goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel in a one-on-one. It was Celtic, however, who broke the deadlock with a deserved goal when Kuehn slotted home following two defensive errors to put Brendan Rodgers’ team in the driving seat.

Bayern upped the tempo and came close with Goretzka and Leroy Sane before Schmeichel pulled off another superb save to deny Joshua Kimmich.

The Dane then did everything right to stop Goretzka’s effort in front of goal in stoppage time but could do nothing when Davies bundled the ball over the line on the rebound.

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