Xabi Alonso saw his 100th Champions League appearance ended prematurely, although his red card did not cost Bayern Munich as they secured a goalless draw against Shakhtar Donetsk.
The first leg of this last-16 tie was a tetchy affair and one which Pep Guardiola's side managed to get nowhere near the level of performance reached in their 8-0 Bundesliga drubbing of Hamburg at the weekend.
Shakhtar looked rusty - no surprise given they have not played a competitive game since matchday six - and failed to capitalise on Alonso's dismissal.
The former Liverpool and Real Madrid star was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence - a foul on Taison - with 25 minutes remaining having earlier been cautioned for bringing down Alex Teixeira. But it did little to change the match played out in sub-zero temperatures at the Arena Lviv.
Shakhtar are having to play more than 750 miles from Donetsk due to the ongoing political troubles in the region, weakening their chances of recording a first 'home' win against Bundesliga visitors since 1980.
They exited the competition at this stage to Borussia Dortmund two years ago and early on it looked like a similar fate would await, with Rafinha forcing Andriy Pyatov into a save inside the opening minute.
The Shakhtar goalkeeper could only watch on helplessly shortly after when Bastian Schweinsteiger met a lovely, clipped ball from Arjen Robben, although the strike flew just wide.
Robben was squeezed out after being the beneficiary of a free-kick routine, before the Dutchman playing in Thomas Muller to hit a cross-shot that Olexandr Kucher cleared from danger.
Shakhtar were struggling to get a grip of their visitors and tempers soon began to fray, with Darijo Srna fortunate not to be sent off for moving his head towards Jerome Boateng's after Alonso was booked for a poor challenge on Teixeira.
From that, Manuel Neuer only managed to gather Yaroslav Rakitskiy's driven strike at the second attempt - a rare moment of respite for the hosts, who were soon back on the defence as Muller turned over a Franck Ribery cut-back.
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