Twitter Reacts as Atletico Madrid Advance to Champions League Final

Pep Guardiola stepped into the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night facing a game that could define his career at Bayern Munich. By failing to overcome Atletico Madrid's 1-0 lead from the Champions League semi-final first leg, the Spanish manager would have four consecutive knockouts in the final four on his record. Before kick-off, much was made of Guardiola's decision to return Thomas Muller to the starting XI:

"

Thomas Muller starts for Bayern pic.twitter.com/vgQ2v0B4FK

— Football Fours (@Football_Fours) May 3, 2016"

When the match kicked off, there was also much excitement for the return of Jerome Boateng:

"

so happy boateng is back

— me (@ownedthenights) May 3, 2016"

Die Roten applied plenty of pressure early on, but both sides had plenty of attacking chances:

Just after the half-hour mark, the tie was levelled when Xabi Alonso saw his free-kick deflected in:

"

Clip of Alonso's free-kick against Atletico Madrid https://t.co/810YRKPBbs

— Free Bets (@freebetscouk) May 3, 2016"

"

There's cool, then there's Xabi Alonso cool...pic.twitter.com/64snLixJSY

— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) May 3, 2016"

Three minutes later, however, Jose Gimenez conceded a penalty after pulling Javi Martinez to the floor. Muller stepped up, but failed to convert:

"

OBLAK pic.twitter.com/77hqspHzYU

— Football Trolls (@Footballltrolls) May 3, 2016"

In the 53rd minute, Antoine Griezmann silenced the Allianz Arena with a brilliant one-on-one finish:

"

Games: 51
Goals: 31
 pic.twitter.com/umovPdfUo6

— Footy Memes (@FootyMemes) May 3, 2016"

In the 74th minute, Bayern got back in the game when Robert Lewandowski headed home from close range:

With less than 10 minutes on the clock, the game took yet another dramatic turn when Fernando Torres won a penalty for a foul that appeared to take place outside the area. The Spanish forward failed to convert:

"

SAVE! Bayern still in it. #BayernAtleti pic.twitter.com/8NdgQKxYRc

— Upper 90 Soccer (@u90soccer) May 3, 2016"

"

BAYERN VS. ATLÉTICO pic.twitter.com/v9nWPcujmw

— Ale Padín (@alepadin) May 3, 2016"

It finished 2-1 to Bayern on the evening, with Atleti progressing to their second Champions League final in three years on away goals:

"

Simeone at Atletico Madrid:

'12: Europa League, Super Cup
'13: Copa Del Rey
'14: La Liga, UCL final
'16: UCL final pic.twitter.com/b6nQkrFkLZ

— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) May 3, 2016"

"

What an incredible job Simeone has done with Atletí #BayernAtleti

— Mark Welsh (@markwelsh83) May 3, 2016"

[Twitter]