Party without end in Manchester from Pep Guardiola’s blue armada with Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern as a victim! The first major clash between the two sides for the Champions League quarter-finals saw the Citizens triumph in the final, with the English champions dominating the last half-hour against a faltering Bavarian defense to progress to an impressive 3-0 win, which allowed them to have the first and last reason to qualify at “4”.

It was Rodri who opened the scoring for the home side with an excellent long-range shot in the 27th minute, the first half being relatively even and the second half finding the visitors better until the 60th minute but then finding City what their opponent wanted .

Bernardo Silva headed in Sommer on Haaland’s assist in the 70th minute, there was another strike in the 76th minute, with the Norwegian leaving the role of creator and taking on that of executioner to reverently go 3-0 since Score 45 goals in all competitions at the start of the season.

The match

Both teams showed a clear willingness to cover their backs from the first few minutes, but Manchester City pressed with greater demands in the opposing frames and suspected the first two chances, with Haaland’s shot in the 5th minute and Gündogan’s header in the 7th (both efforts missed Goal).

Bayern got their first goal of the final in the 11th minute when Davies failed to find the net despite a well-placed shot from the semi-circle, then equalized for Bayern in the 20th minute, but the home side had the first chance to them.

This was achieved in the 21st minute thanks to the quick cooperation of Gundogan, Grealish and Haaland, which ended in the Norwegian’s weak position (Sommer blocked firmly), with Tuchel’s players in the 26th minute using Musiala (tackle by Ruben Diaz) but for Arches threatened a minute later to Rodris’ championship and football intelligence.

The Spanish defensive midfielder brilliantly dribbled Musiala away from outside the box and a perfect left volley blasted the ball into the right corner of Sommer’s net to make it 1-0, the first goal of his Champions League career.

That goal gave wings to the Burghers who put pressure on the shocked Bayern in the ensuing minutes, scoring a second in the 34th minute that Sommer prevented with an amazing intervention after Yudogan’s powerful shot into the box.

This was also the last major phase of the first half where Bayern briefly dominated possession in the final but failed to find the big phase against Andersson and City enjoyed the fruits of their excellent energy from Rodri.

Unlike the first part, where the long phases were counted on one hand, the second started very differently, with a stormy pace and a lot of work for both goalkeepers. Most notably Ederson, who had to “confront” Sane three times and emerged victorious just as often.

In the 46th minute, he struggled to neutralize a long-range shot from Sane, three minutes later he saved his left-footed shot from inside the box, while in the 54th minute he dived into the right corner and salvaged the former winger’s deflected shot for a corner.City .

Bayern’s explosive (but unproductive) quarter ended in a mini-siege, with De Ligt and Koeman seeing their headers land on the heads of Ake and Dias respectively, while City threatened Haaland in the 50th minute (competing from Kimmich) and the shots from Ake (57′) and Dias (58′), which put Sommer’s (excellent) reflexes to the test.

In the 68th minute, the two managers made their first move from the bench, with Guardiola dropping Alvarez (instead of the injured De Bruyne) and selecting Tuchel Mane (instead of Musiala), only to make a tragic error two minutes later that erupted at the Etihad .

Upamecano dribbled just outside Bayern’s penalty area and Grealish stole the ball and his wallet to hit Haaland with the back heel and the Norwegian rolled in a cross while Bernardo followed in tow Silva to beat Sommer (2-0).

That goal sent Bayern into even more panic and in the 75th minute Sommer saved Alvarez’s shot from just outside the small area, but the Swiss keeper was unable to prevent death a minute later. Bernardo Silva crossed from the right and Stones deftly smacked his opponents in the air to put the ball down Haaland’s run for the Norwegian to make it 3-0 with a point shot.

It was Haaland’s 11th Champions League goal in seven games this season and his 45th in all competitions in 39 games, with Ederson taking over in the 80th minute to once again impressively stop Sane and give his team his huge advantage keep.

The pace picked up even more in the final quarter as Bayern took the lead to score a goal and City threatened a fourth in the 83rd minute when Alvarez’s superb shot went just wide of Sommer’s right beam.

But the blue storm didn’t stop there, Bayern hesitated in defence, Guardiola’s players “smelled blood” and missed one chance after another. Sommer got up in the 87th minute to stop his nerve-wracking header Rodri and Grealis sent the ball off with a foul in the 89th minute.

Those were the last good chances in a great game in which City, after beating Bayern 3-0, are firm favorites for the semi-finals of the Champions League ahead of the second leg next Wednesday (April 19) in Munich.

• MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Stones, Diaz, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Rodry, De Bruyne (68′ Alvarez), Bernardo Silva, Grealish, Haaland
• BAGERN: Sommer, Pavard, Upamecano, De Ligt, Davies (80′ Cancelo), Kimmich, Goretzka, Sane, Musiala (69′ Mane), Coman, Gnabry (80′ Miller)

The results of the quarterfinals

FIRST GAMES

• Benfica – Inter 0-2 (51′ Barela, 82′ Penalty Lukaku)
• Manchester City – Bayern Munich 3-0 (27′ Rodri, 70′ Silva, 76′ Haaland)
• 12/04 22:00 Milan – Naples
• 12/04 22:00 Real Madrid – Chelsea

SECOND GAMES

• 18/04 22:00 Naples – Milan
• 18/04 22:00 Chelsea – really
• 19/04 22:00 Inter – Benfica
• 19/04 22:00 Bayern Munich – Manchester City

The schedule of the semifinals

FIRST GAMES

• 09 or 10/05 22:00 Milan or Napoli – Benfica or Inter
• 09 or 10/05 22:00 Real or Chelsea – Manchester City or Bayern

SECOND GAMES

• 16 or 17/05 22:00 Benfica or Inter – Milan or Napoli
• 16 or 17/05 22:00 Manchester City or Bayern – Real or Chelsea

The program of the final

• 10/06 22:00 Semifinal A – Semifinal B (“Atatürk”, Istanbul)