The fit-again Jerome Boateng was the creator by picking out a lofted through-ball over the top for Thomas Muller, but the German attacker chose to pass to Robert Lewandowski when he could have gone for goal himself, and Oblak was able to thwart the striker
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Saul Niguez got the only goal of the game after just 11 minutes before the hosts frustrated the five-time European champions to gain the advantage ahead of next week’s second leg at the Allianz Arena
The draw was conducted on Friday morning in Lyon, France, the headquarters of UEFA
Real would prefer to battle Manchester City who are in the semi finals of the Champions League for the first time ever in their history.
Both Real and Bayern are former champions, while Atletico are no pushovers, having stopped Barcelona from creating history as the first club to win the Champions League back to back
Barcelona entered the second leg of the quarter-final holding a 2-1 advantage from the first match at Camp Nou, but Griezmann sent Atletico ahead on the night in the 36th minute, before the Frenchman netted a second from the penalty spot in the 88th minute
Fernando Torres sent Atletico into a 25th-minute lead on the night, but the Spaniard was then given his marching orders 10 minutes before the break after picking up two bookings in the space of six minutes
Manuel Pellegrini’s side played out a goalless draw, which included just four shots on target, but progressed into the next phase thanks to their 3-1 triumph in Ukraine almost three weeks ago
Atletico have also closed the gap on league leaders, Barcelona, to five points, but Real Madrid remain nine points off the summit ahead of the Catalan side’s game in hand, which is at home to Sevilla on Sunday
Zinedine Zidane’s men have fallen nine points behind leaders and reigning champions, Barcelona, in the table, while they are trailing second-placed Atletico by one point with 13 more games to go
Atletico had the better chances throughout the contest, but PSV, who finished with 10 men following a 68th-minute red card for Gaston Pereiro, managed to keep a clean sheet ahead of the second leg in Madrid next month
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The Nigerian has struck 25 league goals this calendar year – more than any other player in English football – and 13 of those have come in the Premier League this season
Atletico hit the bar twice in the match, but neither effort appeared to be intentional as both Koke in the first half and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, a second-half substitute, looped efforts from narrow angles over Astana keeper, Nenad Eric, and onto the top of the woodwork
Both teams were considered title contenders ahead of the start of the 2015-16 campaign, but both dropped points last time out in the Spanish top flight
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The two sides played out a goalless first leg at the Vicente Calderon last week, and the opening half an hour showed no signs of altering that scoreline as both sides became embroiled in a stop-start affair
Gareth Bale had a chance to open the scoring inside the first five minutes when he forced his way into the penalty area before firing towards the Atletico goal, but Jan Oblak was ready to deny the Welshman
Atletico had overcome the disappointment of losing Diego Costa to injury in the early stages to score first when Diego Godin headed beyond Iker Casillas late in the first half
This is the first time in 22 years that an English side has not featured at the quarter-final stage following the exits of Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City