Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in Champions League quarter-final first-leg match. With this win Manchester City took a big step towards the Champions League semi-finals. Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland scored for the Premier League champions in a thoroughly dominant performance.
It took them over 30 minutes to break the deadlock, but Rodri’s world-class shot from outside the box put the English team ahead.
The visitors showed signs of a possible comeback early in the second half, but City blew the game open in a six-minute span when Haaland produced a beautiful assist for Silva’s goal before scoring his own.
Pep Guardiola’s team will travel to the Allianz Arena for the second leg next Wednesday with a three-goal lead.
Another Record for Haaland
Manchester City defeated Bayern Munich 3-0 in the Champions League quarter-finals, with Erling Haaland scoring his 45th goal of the season.
City seized grip of their last-eight tie in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium, thanks to a sensational first-half strike from Rodri and a header from Bernardo Silva. Haaland’s 76th-minute strike, six minutes after Silva’s, set a new record for the most goals scored by a Premier League player in all competitions in a single season. Still two months left to inflate his goals tally.
The City defence made it difficult for Bayern
Manchester City don’t typically make things easy for themselves in crucial Champions League games, but they made it seem easy against seasoned professionals Bayern Munich and advanced to the second leg of their quarter-final with a 3-0 scoreline.
City’s defence made life difficult for Bayern’s offence before Rodri’s brilliant strike from outside the area broke a tight game.
Bayern improved after the interval, and there was a nervy opening 15 minutes to the second half for City fans, who had seen their side let many a lead slip at the Etihad Stadium on Europe’s grandest stage, and who had seen their side let many a lead slip at the Etihad Stadium.