Jackson red card costs Chelsea, while Bayern win big

Nicolas Jackson was sent off as Chelsea lost 3-1 to Flamengo at the Club World Cup.
Pedro Neto fired the Blues ahead early but Enzo Maresca's side conceded twice and saw Jackson dismissed for a horror tackle in the space of six just minutes after the break.
Their woes were compounded when Wallace Yan wrapped up the scoring late on, adding to earlier goals from fellow substitute Bruno Henrique and veteran Danilo.
The result - played out in front of a crowd of 54,019 at Lincoln Financial Field - left Chelsea with a win and a loss from their two outings in Group D having earlier looked set to take a giant stride towards the last 16.
Benfica ran riot in the second half of their Group C clash with Auckland City as they won 6-0.
The Portuguese side were only 1-0 ahead at half-time thanks to Angel Di Maria's penalty.
After a 30-minute delay due to an electrical storm in the area, play resumed and it was Benfica who were electric.
Vangelis Pavlidis scored in the 53rd minute, with Renato Sanches adding another 10 minutes later.
Leandro Barreiro scored two in two minutes to put the New Zealand club to the sword and Di Maria's second penalty of the game deep into stoppage time finished it off.
Bayern Munich joined Flamengo in the knockout round as Harry Kane scored one and assisted another in a 2-1 win over Boca Juniors.
Kane, who failed to find the net in a 10-0 win over Auckland, opened the scoring before Miguel Merentiel's stunning solo equaliser.
Kane laid the ball off for Michael Olise to score the winner seven minutes from time as the Bundesliga champions became the first side to beat South American opposition at this year's tournament.
Youcef Belaili scored the only goal of the game as Esperance Tunis beat LAFC 1-0 but the Algeria international also picked up a yellow card, which will rule him out of the winner-takes-all clash with Chelsea.

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