Manchester City too good for Bayern Munich


By Neo Poho

Manchester City are in cruise control heading into the second leg of the UEFA Champions League tie against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena next weekend Wednesday.

This follows an emphatic 3-0 first-leg win over Bayern at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night.

Spanish international, Rodri's beautiful curling shot from distance in the first half gave Pep Guardiola's side the lead against the German champions before Bernardo Silva headed in a second goal after the interval.

It was a complete performance from City who added the third goal in the 76th minute courtesy of Erling Haaland, who now has 45 goals in all competitions this season.

Rodri had never scored a goal in the Champions League for Manchester City going into tonight's game however, tonight the spaniard re-wrote the history books scoring a wonder strike to open his account of the Champions League.

Bayern improved after the break and it was a nervy opening 15 minutes to the second half for City fans, who have seen their side allow a lead slip at the Etihad Stadium on Europe's biggest stage.

After a great team performance from the Citizens, Guardiola was delighted at how the team conducted themselves and executed every plan they had to expose their opponents.

"It really was a good Champions League game with two great teams and I think during the 55, 60 minutes it was a tight game.

"We found an incredible goal from Rodri but we could not control the pockets, with Musiala and Gnabry hence in the first five, 10, 15 minutes of the second half they were better.

"They had chances but immediately after we adjusted something and in the last parts of the game we were better, it's an incredible result, but I know what it means to go to Munich and we have to do something new to not suffer so much the quality they have and we will try and do it," Guardiola said.

Meanwhile, the defeat was Bayern's worst defeat in the Champions League as their missed chances will come back to haunt them in the second leg.

It is going to be all to play for in the second leg as the German side have a mountain to climb in Munich next week.

Elsewhere Inter Milan claimed the bragging rights in the first leg of their quarterfinals encounter against Benfica.

The Italian side had Nicolò Barella and Romelu Lukaku to thank as they both scored in the second half of the encounter.

Barella headed home firmly at the back post in the 51st minute, rising unchallenged to get on the end of a superb cross from centre back Alessandro Bastoni, who was storming up the left side and delivered a pin-point ball.

Lukaku then converted an 82nd minute penalty after VAR referred a handball by Benfica skipper Joao Mario for review by English referee Michael Oliver, who gave the spot kick after looking at the video monitor on the side of the pitch.

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