ABERDEEN, Scotland -- A controversial penalty decision prevented Aberdeen repeating their famous 1983 victory over Bayern Munich after the German giants twice trailed in a vibrant UEFA Cup tie at Pittodrie.
Walker's goal gave Aberdeen real hope of an upset victory against German giants Bayern Munich.
England Under-19 team-mates Josh Walker and Sone Aluko, on loan from Middlesbrough and Birmingham respectively, scored for Aberdeen in the first half with Miroslav Klose replying in between.
Hamit Altintop levelled after Spanish referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez had penalised Alan Maybury for a 54th minute handball despite previously ignoring a similar Aberdeen appeal.
Although Altintop's effort was blocked by goalkeeper Jamie Langfield, the Turkish international smashed home the rebound to make Bayern favorites to go through.
The spot kick decision deprived Aberdeen of the chance to hold on for another win over Bayern, who lost 3-2 at Pittodrie during the home side's triumphant European Cup Winners' Cup campaign in 1983.
Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood believed a draw was a fair result.
"It was a wonderful first half performance and it says a lot that we're disappointed we've not beaten one of the richest clubs in the world," said Calderwood.
"We got in about them, tried to attack and I think we dominated the first half. We scored two wonderful goals and a draw was the least we deserved."
Bayern manager Ottmar Hitzfeld praised Aberdeen for their performance but was confident his side would now qualify for the last 16.
"Aberdeen started very well, played with a lot of heart and, although they might have been a bit lucky to get a draw, they deserved their luck," he said.
"We're now in a good position to go through. We have two away goals, are playing in front of our home crowd and are now favorites in this tie."
Aberdeen had strong claims for a penalty waved away after just 30 seconds when Aluko's cross from the left appeared to strike the arm of Bayern defender Andreas Otti.
The Scottish side opened the scoring in the 24th minute when Walker steered a 25-meter shot beyond goalkeeper Michael Rensing and into the corner.
Two minutes later Munich should have been back on level terms.
Italian striker Luca Toni slid the ball through to Altintop who cut it back from the byline for German international Klose who fired over from six meters.
Klose made amends on the half-hour. Toni flicked on a high ball and Klose sprinted behind Aberdeen's defense to smash a first-time right foot shot into the roof of the net.
Aberdeen again got their noses in front in the 41st minute. Aluko muscled his way through the centre of the Bayern defense and sent a left-foot shot from 18 yards through goalkeeper Rensing.
In the 54th minute, Bayern were gifted a penalty when Maybury was ruled to have intentionally handled Ze Roberto's cross.
The disappointment for Calderwood was that Bayern got two away goals, which in the case of a low-scoring draw next week could be decisive.
"We wanted to keep a clean sheet," he said. "They are a quality team. We were disappointed with their goals. We've had to work hard. We got two wonderful goals to get ours." E-mail to a friend 
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