AS Roma 3-2 Bayern Munich

Roma performed a magnificent comeback to record a 3-2 victory over Bayern Munich at the Olimpico to virtually book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.After Mario Gomez's first half brace, Marco Borriello struck a sensational effort off the floor before goals in the last 10 minutes from Daniele De Rossi and Francesco Totti from the penalty spot sealed a sensational win.Within two minutes Roma caused some concern at the back for Bayern when Borriello turned well from a throw-in and immediately sent in a shot which Thomas Kraft could only punch back into danger. When Borriello couldn’t pounce, Jeremy Menez tried a clever chip, but could only send the ball over the bar.As Roma looked to gain an early stranglehold, the visitors were forced to search for chances on the break, and from one such move Danijel Pranjic crossed superbly from the left of the byline for Toni Kroos, but the youngster couldn’t deal with the difficult bounce and could only deflect the ball over the bar.Bayern continued to press forward for a fair period thereafter, finally showing the form which had seen them record four wins from four so far in Group E. A number of free-kicks were squandered though, and Menez remained a worry for the Bavarians. When the Frenchman won a corner, the ball was half-cleared to Leandro Greco, who stung the palms of Kraft from distance before Mirko Vucinic blasted over the rebound with the goal gaping.With half-chances available at each end it became only a question of who would break the deadlock, and FC Hollywood did so on 34 minutes. Franck Ribery cleverly dragged a cross square to Mario Gomez, who swept a right-footed shot beyond the sprawling dive of Julio Sergio from 10 yards to silence the home crowd. They were further quietened just five minutes later when Bayern doubled their advantage. When Roma allowed the ball to run dangerously across the edge of their own box, Thomas Mueller beat De Rossi to the touch and found Gomez, who fired across Julio Sergio and into the net. It was a real sucker-punch for a Lupi side who had been more than competitive, but they could easily have fallen further behind had the referee pointed to the spot when Matteo Brighi appeared to get nothing of the ball when challenging Ribery just before the break. The Giallorossi needed an immediate response after the interval and they got exactly that when Menez superbly outsprinted Anatoliy Tymoshchuk to a loose ball on the break before beating Martin Demichelis and crossing low for Marco Borriello, who first scuffed an effort but then had the presence of mind to sweep home a right-footed shot from off the floor to the bemusement of the German side’s defenders. Roma could and probably should have been level just after the hour when more fantastic work by Menez down the wing presented a chance to Fabio Simplicio, but his scuffed shot was pawed away by Kraft before De Rossi could get a head to it and then the 'keeper was alert enough to get back to his feet and block a follow-up shot from Brighi.The Lupi had to wait until the 81st minute to equalise, but it was a well-worked goal that did it. Vucinic broke forward and fed John Arne Riise, who outstripped Pranjic to cross for De Rossi, who charged in at the far post ahead of Diego Contento to tap home. And within three minutes Roma were amazingly ahead. Borriello broke forward into a one-on-one with Kraft, who brought down the striker and was shown a yellow card. Substitute Francesco Totti stepped up and managed to fire under the unfortunate Kraft to give the Giallorossi their first lead of the night. The come-from-behind win means Roma need only a draw from their trip to Cluj in two weeks, while Bayern are crowned group winners despite their first European defeat this season.