Viking were two goals up, Bayern München had stormed back with three, and then Michael Olise threw it all away, quite literally. Two yellow cards within seconds of each other in the 73rd minute reopened a match Bayern had already turned around. Herman Haugen's 90th-minute header made it 3–3 in Stavanger.
The draw gave Viking the first Champions League league-stage point in their history, earned in the first home match the club has played in the competition in its 127 years. Bayern will remember the night less for their comeback than for the moment of temper that undid it.
Stensness and Christiansen stun Bayern inside 38 minutes
Viking took 72 seconds to make their point. Zlatko Tripić delivered a corner and Gianni Stensness headed it in from close range. It was the fastest goal of this Champions League season so far and the fourth-fastest Bayern have ever conceded in the competition. It was also Stensness's fifth goal of the season in all competitions.
It was a brutal opening for Jonas Urbig, who was making his Champions League starting debut in place of Manuel Neuer. The regular captain watched from the bench in a beanie, nursing a foot injury.
What followed looked like a siege. Bayern finished the night with 66% of possession, 25 shots and 15 corners, while Viking managed eight attempts of their own. The hosts were sharper whenever they did break, though, and in the 38th minute they proved it. Erik Botheim's through-ball sent Peter Christiansen racing clear. He shook off Nathaniel Brown and drove a low shot into the bottom-right corner.
That was Christiansen's 14th goal in all competitions this season, in 25 appearances, and he has now scored in four of Viking's last six matches. A club that had to get past Dinamo just to reach the league phase went in at half-time 2–0 up on Bayern.
Kane drags Bayern level after VAR confirms penalty
The turnaround began in the 52nd minute. Kristoffer Haugen clipped Konrad Laimer inside the box, and the penalty was confirmed after a pitchside VAR review. Laimer was booked for dissent while the decision was being made. VAR had already looked at the Viking area once, when an earlier check cleared Henrik Bjørdal's challenge from behind on Joshua Kimmich.
Harry Kane took the kick two minutes later. Arild Østbø guessed correctly, but the ball went into the bottom-right corner, beyond his reach. In the 60th minute Kimmich chipped a delicate cross to the back post and Kane headed in from point-blank range. That made it nine consecutive Champions League matches with a goal for Kane, equalling Robert Lewandowski's Bayern record. He now has eight goals in nine appearances this season.
Luis Díaz had a goal ruled out for offside soon afterwards, but Bayern's lead was only delayed. In the 71st minute Kane slipped Laimer in behind, Laimer volleyed the ball square across the six-yard box, and Díaz finished high into the roof of the net. Three goals in 17 minutes had turned Viking's 34% share of the ball from a plan into a problem.
Olise's double booking reopens the match
Two minutes after Bayern went ahead, Olise was booked for a foul on Henrik Heggheim. Seconds later he threw the ball directly into the face of Tripić, the Viking captain. Referee Georgi Nikolov Kabakov showed him a second yellow, the first red card of Olise's senior career.
The flashpoint set off a mass scuffle as Viking players confronted the winger. The home side already felt aggrieved. Shortly before, Viking players and Norwegian television commentators had protested that Ismael Saibari's high boot into Tripić deserved a straight red rather than the yellow that stood after a VAR review.
Vincent Kompany saw the problem as bigger than the dismissal. "Wir haben uns auf ein Spiel eingelassen, das wir nicht hätten eingehen müssen, weil wir mehr Tore hätten schießen können," he said. In his view, Bayern let themselves be drawn into a contest they should have closed out with more goals. The numbers support him: 25 shots produced only eight on target.
German outlets were harsher. They pointed out that Bayern had conceded inside two minutes for the second match running, and they cast Olise's red card as the act that squandered a hard-earned comeback.
Herman Haugen's header completes Viking's historic night
Even with ten men, Bayern kept the ball. Viking needed only one opening, and it came in the 90th minute. Tripić crossed from the left, and Herman Haugen, 18 minutes after coming off the bench, rose above the defence at the far post to power home the equaliser.
Tripić had now set up both the first and the last goals of the night. "Dette øyeblikket har jeg ventet på i 34 år," the captain said, describing a moment he had waited 34 years for. The Norwegian press went further and called the draw "et resultat for historiebøkene".
The point leaves Viking 26th with one point from two matches, but their form is hard to ignore. They are unbeaten in five in all competitions and have scored in each of their last 17, with 42 goals in that run. Bayern stay fourth on four points and have stretched their unbeaten run to 14 matches. Even so, they leave Stavanger facing questions about discipline rather than form, with a meeting with Arsenal ahead.
Match Information
- Competition: UEFA Champions League, League Stage - 2
- Date & Time: Tuesday 13 October 2026, 21:00 CET
- Venue: SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger
- Referee: Georgi Nikolov Kabakov
