MUNICH -- There was a horrible sense of familiarity about Chelsea 's defeat to Bayern Munich .

By the 70th minute, the Bayern fans were greeting each pass with "Olé"; the victory celebrations had started. For all their efforts, endeavor and eagerness in Munich, Chelsea's defense crumbled when it needed to be at its resolute best, and Harry Kane and his Bayern teammates profited to win 3-1 .

For so much of this, it felt like the game was being played at its stretched limit. The match was taut; both teams were playing with incredibly high lines, parking risk and reward right on the precipice of the contest. With co-controlling owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly both in the stadium tonight, Chelsea started so well. They pressed Bayern with a relentlessness similar to what we saw

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