Bayern book CL last 16 spot post 2-0 Roma win

Bayern Munich have clinched a spot in the Champions League knock-out stage and fixed their place as Group E winners following Wednesday's 2-0 win over Roma with two games to spare.

Goals by France winger Franck Ribery and Germany's Mario Goetze sealed the win, which put Bayern into the last 16 as group winners with a perfect 12 points so far.

Bayern collected their fourth straight win to gain an unassailable eight-point lead before their remaining group matches at bottom side Manchester City and home to CSKA Moscow next month, Sport24 reported.

However, the victory came at a price as left-back David Alaba injured the medial ligament in his knee, with a scan due Thursday, and coach Pep Guardiola expects him to miss the rest of the year.

Despite losing to Bayern home and away, Roma are still primed to join them in the knock out phase as they stay second in the group, but level on four points with CSKA whom they play away in three weeks.

As Guardiola had predicted, the hosts encountered a far more robust Roma defence compared to their record 7-1 routing of the Italians in Rome a fortnight ago.

Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said that they knew it wouldn't be so easy as in the first-leg, but added that they had the game under control. He said that the most important thing was getting into a 1-0 lead.

Lahm said that Roma were very defensive, packed men behind the ball, and it's not so easy when a team plays like that.