Harry Kane stuck a dagger through the hearts of Celtic and left them a miracle of the Champions League in Bayern Munich.
It has been centuries since an Englishman got so much freedom in Scotland as he was in Parkhead in the 49th minute.
And he ruthlessly unkind to Volley Home and followed Michael Olise's opener, making Brendan Rodgers side with a mountain to climb next Tuesday.
But the hoops managed to save a pendulum of hope when Daiben Maeda left one again.
It all started with a different spine-tingling pre-match atmosphere, which then again exploded 30 seconds after the start.
Nicolas Kuhn struck it past Manuel Neuer of 25 meters only for an offside flag to pamper the party with Adam Idah the Guilty Party.
The 25-year-old German denied a goal against his old club and hopes to repeat the trick that ended legitimate quickly.
Bayern took control and their penetrating passage finally came through and put alarms on the clocks that ring at half an hour when Leroy Sane was not well connected to close-range.
Kane then got his first pinch and should only have ended to go directly to the legs of Kasper Schmeichel instead, although his bloost were somewhat spared by a late outside flag.
The captain of England, already 28 this term entering it, received a second bite of the icing in the final phase of the opening period, but this time went into the side.
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Fortunately for Bayern Olise, his shooting had hit, and he broke the impasse in a murderous time for Celtic in a thunderous way.
The ex-crystal palace wing cut brilliant in Greg Taylor and hit the right in the top corner from the box with the last kick of half.
It was the first time in almost 17 years that Celtic had not recorded a shot, let alone Target, in the first half of a Champions League match.
The signs also did not look great with Bayern won 40 of the last 42 when they had led during the break in the competition and the other two pulled.
And the boys of Vincent Kompany were not in the mood to break that run here.
They doubled their advantage only four minutes after the restart, with Kane being lucky the third time.
He ran free from a corner on the rear pole from six meters, while both Alistair Johnston and Cameron Carter vickers focused on each other.
Celtic smelled when a VAR control ruled that Arne Engels was not polluted by Dayot Upamecano.
Hope seemed to fade when Daizzen Maeda widely shot from a tight corner after finishing Neuer, but their was still a late turn.
But the Japanese international was perfectly placed to help the ball after turning Yang Hyun-Jun and shot to set up a hectic finish.
Supported by a thunderous crowd, Snoof Snaked for an equalizer, but Bayern got stuck to escape Scotland with the first leg advantage.
Kane admitted that it was a tough game afterwards. He said: “When you win such a game, you are always satisfied because it is not an easy place to come.
“There were absolutely areas in the game in which we could have done better and we have to improve the following week, but in general we scored at the right time.
“They put pressure on us at the end and we had to stay strong, what we did.
“We knew that the atmosphere would help them at the start of the game, and they almost scored after a minute. We had to be patient, we knew we would have more of the ball. Sometimes you need a little special quality to open such a game. “
Rodgers remains hopeful, despite the size of the task that is in front of us next week.
The Celtic boss said: “It is still tight. The game is still in the balance. If you defend strongly, we have shown that you can actually play football and be a threat.
“We are still right in the draw. I'm already looking forward to next Tuesday. Let's go and don't regret it. “
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