Bayern Munich vs Man City LIVE: Result and reaction from Champions League quarter-final as City cruise through

Erling Haaland scored as Manchester City advanced to a Champions League semi-final rematch with Real Madrid after a 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich in the second leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday.

The Norwegian superstar missed a first-half penalty but atoned as City achieved smooth progress with a 4-1 win on aggregate by scoring the opening goal on a counter-attack in the 57th minute, just after Bayern missed a good chance at the other end.

Bayern’s lack of confidence after losing the first leg 3-0 in Manchester showed as they failed to take advantage of numerous chances. Joshua Kimmich scored the Bavarian powerhouses’ consolation from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute after City defender Manuel Akanji was penalised for handball but it was immaterial to the outcome.

Relive all the action as Bayern Munich miss out to Manchester City:

Bayern Munich vs Manchester City

  • Bayern Munich draw with Manchester City but are knocked out at Champions League quarter-final stage

  • Man City progress 4-1 on aggregate after holding Bayern to a 1-1 draw in Munich

  • 83’ GOAL! - Kimmich converts the spot kick (BAY 1-1 MCI)

  • 82’ PENALTY! - Akanji is harshly punished for handball (BAY 0-1 MCI)

  • 57’ GOAL! - Haaland makes up for his penalty miss and opens the scoring (BAY 0-1 MCI)

  • 54’ CHANCE! - Sommer keeps out Haaland’s effort after a counter-attack (BAY 0-0 MCI)

  • 37’ MISSED! - Haaland smokes a spot kick over the top (BAY 0-0 MCI)

  • 35’ PENALTY! - Upamencano is booked for handling the ball in the box (BAY 0-0 MCI)

  • 21 SAVE! - Ederson palms Sane’s free kick wide (BAY 0-0 MCI)

  • 17’ CHANCE! - Sane misses a massive opportunity for Bayern (BAY 0-0 MCI)

FC Bayern München 1 - 1 Manchester City FC

FT Bayern Munich 1-1 Man City (1-4 agg)

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Full-time: Bayern Munich 1-1 Man City (1-4 agg)

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90+5 mins: A draw on the night is enough to send Manchester City into the Champions League semi-finals. The damage was done at the Etihad in the first leg when Pep Guardiola’s men ran out 3-0 winners.

Erling Haaland and Joshua Kimmich netted the respective goals and Bayern maintained their scoring streak at the Allianz Arena. City were just too good defensively and they’ve knocked out the Bundesliga champions.

Bayern Munich 1-1 Man City (1-4 agg)

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90+2 mins: Ederson play acts a bit of cramp and delays another restart. He needs to be careful as the Man City goalkeeper has already been booked.

Akanji is down now with an injury too.

Bayern Munich 1-1 Man City (1-4 agg)

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90 mins: Five minutes of added time to play before this tie is done. Manchester City are managing the game now. Trying to hold onto possession and keep the ball in Bayern’s half.

The Bayern players seem deflated now. Three goals in five minutes is near impossible.

Bayern Munich 1-1 Man City (1-4 agg)

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88 mins: Free kick to Man City! Jack Grealish is brought down right on the edge of the penalty area and City will have a could chance to score from this.

Kevin De Bruyne is replaced with Kyle Walker before the free kick is taken. It’s likely that City will run this to the corner flag.

Bayern Munich 1-1 Man City (1-4 agg)

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86 mins: Less than five minutes plus stoppage time to play. Aymeric Laporte fouls Choupo-Moting and gets Tuchel wound up again. The Bayern coach sprints over to give the officials another earful and he’s sent off!

It’s Tuchel’s second yellow card of the game and the Bayern boss is dismissed to the stands.

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 Man City (1-4 agg) - Kimmich, 83'⚽️

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83 mins: Joshua Kimmich steps up and smokes the spot kick right down the middle. Bayern have a goal, they need another three.

Penalty to Bayern Munich!

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Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

82 mins: VAR have called the referee over to the monitor. He looks at the replay in slow motion and points to the spot. Ridiculous decision but Bayern have the chance to equalise.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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80 mins: Sadio Mane is asking for a handball against Manuel Akanji. The two players were toe-to-toe as Mane brought the ball to the byline. His attempted cross hits Akanji’s foot and bounces up and strikes the defender on the arm.

How can that be a penalty? VAR is looking at it.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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77 mins:

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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75 mins: Disallowed goal! Kimmich threads the ball up to Coman who’s waiting in space on the right side of the box. He cuts inside and shoots forcing Ederson into a sharp save.

The rebound comes to substitute Mathys Tel who pokes it home only for the offside flag to get raised. Coman was too far forward in the build-up.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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72 mins: There’s still no way into the box for Bayern. Kimmich attempts another cross which evades all the men in the middle and drops for Mane on the far side of the penalty area.

He tries to flick the ball back in and City nod it clear. Bayern seem to have missed a proper centre-forward tonight. Erling Haaland - City’s number nine - has been the difference.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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69 mins: Musiala plays the ball through to Choupo-Moting who’s touch isn’t the best. The ball rolls behind his body meaning that the striker’s shot at goal is soft and comes straight into the waiting arms of Ederson.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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66 mins: Nathan Ake pulls up with what looks like a hamstring injury. That could be a big blow for Manchester City as they continue to fight for three trophies this season.

Aymeric Laporte comes on to replace him.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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63 mins: Joao Cancelo’s night is over, as is Leroy Sane’s. In their place come Alphonso Davies and Sadio Mane. It’s probably too late now for either player to make a difference in this tie.

Bayern need to score four goals in less than half an hour.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg)

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60 mins: Another opportunity for Man City as they win a free kick on the left edge of Bayern’s box. Kevin De Bruyne curls a shot towards the back post but there’s a defender waiting to head it clear.

GOAL! Bayern Munich 0-1 Man City (0-4 agg) - Haaland, 57'⚽️

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57 mins: From one end to the other! Joshua Kimmich squares a pass across the City six-yard box and Ederson goes to ground to push the ball over to John Stones.

Stones belts it long and Erling Haaland wins the aerial ball nodding it down to Kevin De Bruyne. De Bruyne then guides it back to Haaland who sits down Dayot Upamecano before lifting his shot past Yann Sommer to secure the tie for Man City!

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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54 mins: Thomas Tuchel is really riled up as his frustration continues to grow. Even his staff are having a pop at the officials and one of the assistants is shown a yellow card.

Chance! City sweep forward on the counter-attack. De Bruyne’s initial ball comes over to Grealish who dinks a pass into the box. Haaland sprints onto it then shoots but hits a low effort straight into the arms of Yann Sommer.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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51 mins: Kevin De Bruyne is fouled over on City’s right wing. He then lifts the set piece all the way over to Manuel Akanji who offloads the ball to Jack Grealish.

Grealish has nowhere to go with it though and is forced to retreat into his own half.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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48 mins: Bernardo Silva loses the ball to Jamal Musiala who dribbles across the pitch before passing the ball back to Kingsley Coman.

Coman’s flick into the box is nodded behind by Jack Grealish and Leroy Sane’s corner ball isn’t good enough to trouble the City defenders.

Second half: Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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The players head back out for the second half. Neither manager has made a change at the break. Pep Guardiola looks quite tired, his team was put through the wringer in the first half but they’re still three goals to the good.

City kick off the next 45 minutes knowing a clean sheet puts them through to the semi-finals.

HT Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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Kinglsey Coman was brilliant in the first half, by far Bayern’s biggest threat. Combined with Leroy Sane he forced John Stones out of midfield and back into defence to make City more solid.

That in turn hindered how effective they were in transition. Bayern need a goal though. The longer this game goes without one the more it plays into City’s hands.

HT Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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Erling Haaland has missed a penalty for the first time in his last 16 attempts in all club competitions (excl. shootouts), since his last miss for Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin in April 2021.

HT Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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Half-time: Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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45+2 mins: Chance! A Bayern counter-attack sees Jamal Musiala dip and weave his way into the City box before he slips when ready to shoot.

Instead he offloads the ball to Eric Choupo-Moting who backheels it at goal from inside the six-yard box. City’s defenders scramble and block the shot before the rebound comes to Kinglsey Coman.

Coman shoots too but his effort hits Choupo-Moting and bounces clear.

The half-time whistle goes with the teams level at the break.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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45 mins: Ederson is now booked for time-wasting and delaying the restart. The referee seems to have been convinced to book him by the racket the home fans are making.

Two minutes of added time to play at the end of the first half.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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42 mins: Save! That was close. Leroy Sane brings the ball into the box from the left then lays it off to Kingsley Coman. He dances into the box and drills one at goal but Ederson drops low and pushes the ball wide of the near post.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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39 mins: How costly will that penalty kick prove to be? For all Bayern’s control and dominance they’ve not penetrated City’s defence yet.

The pressure is still on both teams.

Missed! Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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37 mins: Erling Haaland had to wait almost two minutes before taking the spot kick. The delay seems to put him off and he smokes a powerful shot over the crossbar!

Penalty to Man City!

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Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

35 mins: Here’s a shock! Ilkay Gundogan takes a shot from just outside Bayern’s penalty area. The ball hits Dayot Upamecano’s arm then bounces through to Yann Sommer who makes the save.

The referee immediately points to the spot and books Upamecano for handball.

Big moment coming up.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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33 mins: For the first time tonight Man City seem able to retain possession and keep Bayern quiet. They run through a few minutes before losing the ball inside their own half.

Bayern fail to utilise the chance and City recover the ball on the edge of their own box.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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30 mins: A Bayern Munich corner gets swung onto the head of Choupo-Moting who connects too well with it and nods the ball wide of the target.

The hosts look good tonight but City will be happy to get through half an hour without conceding.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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27 mins: Manchester City haven’t been allowed to impose themselves on the game but Kevin De Bruyne finds himself with space to operate on the right edge of the box.

He floats a pass over to Jack Grealish who manages to control the ball after it takes an awkward bounce. Grealish lays it off to Nathan Ake who blasts one at goal and pulls it wide of the far post.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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24 mins: The last five minutes have been electric. Kingsley Coman and Leroy Sane have switched wings with Thomas Tuchel thinking that Sane will have more joy against Nathan Ake on City’s left side.

Coman is played into the box and and squares a pass over to Sane. Sane rolls it back to Leon Goretzka who belts a first time shot over the crossbar!

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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21 mins: Save! Bayern win a free kick over on the inside right and Leroy Sane has a sight at goal. He looks to curl one into the near bottom corner but Ederson shuffles across and palms the effort wide of the target!

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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20 mins: Oh Bayern are lucky.

Kevin De Bruyne threads a pass through the middle of the pitch and picks out Erling Haaland. Haaland drives towards goal and is shoved over by Dayot Upamecano - Bayern’s last defender.

The referee pulls out a straight red card for the defender but the assistant referee raises the offside flag and Upamecano has a reprieve.

VAR confirms that Haaland just strayed off so Upamecano didn’t legally foul him.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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17 mins: MISS! Bayern Munich create the best chance of the night so far after turning the ball over in midfield and passing it quickly up to Leroy Sane.

Sane nudges the ball past John Stones and carries it into the left side of the penalty area. Ederson comes out to close him down but Sane gets the shot away and guides it just wide of the far post!

That’s a massive chance missed.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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15 mins: Bernardo Silva dips his shoulder and gets into space on the right side for Man City. Their first real attack sees Bernardo drill the ball in towards the near post where Ilkay Gundogan is arriving.

Yann Sommer dives towards the ball and manages to smother it before Gundogan can prod it home. Better from City though.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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12 mins: City’s left side is taking a hammering at the minute with Nathan Ake unable to live up to the speed and strength of Kingsley Coman.

Bayern’s end product hasn’t been great so far though which is good news for City. Joao Cancelo gives away a free kick and earns a yellow card - the first of the match.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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9 mins: Manchester City have won 10 games in a row and have only conceded four times during that streak. Bayern have started well tonight though.

Coman gets into space on the right side and whips in an early cross. Choupo-Moting arrives into the box late but the ball just flies over his head and City boot it clear.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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6 mins: Ruben Dias dallies too long on the ball and runs it into the path of Kingsley Coman deep inside Man City’s half. Coman takes over possession and slips it into the box for Eric Choupo-Moting who is immediately flagged offside.

That could have been embarrassing for the City defender but Dias gets away with the mistake.

Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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3 mins: It would not be out of the question for Manchester City to sit back and look to defend their aggregate lead but that is not the way that Pep Guardiola’s men are made.

They’re pressing high up the pitch and are looking to catch Bayern in possession. So far the hosts have been up to the challenge.

Kick off: Bayern Munich 0-0 Man City (0-3 agg)

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After a delay to get the referee properly kitted up Bayern Munich get the ball rolling at the Allianz Arena. The home supporters are extremely loud and they certainly believe the Bundesliga champions can cause an upset tonight.

It’s a pretty intimidating sight and Manchester City will hope to silence the crowd. If they can score early then all the pressure will come off them.

Bayern Munich vs Man City

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Here come the players.

The atmosphere inside the Allianz Arena is bouncing. It’s a packed house as the home fans hope to witness a miracle. Manchester City are the favourites to progress though.

They’ve never been knocked out at the Champions League quarter-final stage, it’ll take some performance from Bayern to kick them out this year too.

Kick off is up next...

Bayern Munich vs Man City

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Kick off less than 10 minutes away, can Manchester City reach the Champions League semi-finals?

The Champions League desperately needs an injection of chaos

19:51 , Mike Jones

For all their contrasting histories in the Champions League, Frank Lampard and Thomas Tuchel have this week found themselves in similar positions. They have both had to try and make their squads believe they can overcome almost overwhelming situations.

Chelsea are 2-0 down to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich 3-0 down to Manchester City, but the two managers are trying to get their players to overlook these bare facts. Tuchel has been telling his players that, in general play, they were as good as City and it was only individual moments that cost them. The stirring talk is that, consequently, they can just as easily score three.

Lampard has meanwhile been drawing on 2012 again, and how his Chelsea team were also two goals down to Napoli before the most famous comeback in the club’s history.

The Champions League desperately needs an injection of chaos

Bayern Munich vs Manchester City

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Bayern Munich defender Benjamin Pavard believes a comeback will be possible tonight.

“We had a good first half in the first leg against City,” he said. “We’ll be very disappointed if we don’t win.

“We are highly motivated and in fine form. We’ve seen in the past that a comeback like this is possible.”

Bayern Munich vs Manchester City

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Bayern haven’t failed to score at home in three whole years but the key for Man Ciy tonight will be limiting how many the hosts do score.

Only four teams have progressed from a Champions League knockout tie when losing the first leg by three goals or more, with the last to do so Liverpool against Barcelona in 2019.

Kevin De Bruyne insists Manchester City need their ‘A game’ for Bayern Munich

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Kevin De Bruyne claims Manchester City will still need to take their “A game” to Germany to reach the Champions League semi-finals this week.

City appear to have one foot in the last four after an impressive 3-0 win over Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarter-final tie.

Yet playmaker De Bruyne is taking nothing for granted ahead of Wednesday’s return encounter and is approaching the game as he would any other.

“It’s still got a long way to go,” the Belgian said. “It’s not like 50 minutes to go and you might cover up a bit. It’s 95 minutes and a lot can happen.

“You’ve heard of crazy scores in many games so we’ll have to bring our ‘A’ game.

Kevin De Bruyne insists Manchester City need their ‘A game’ for Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich vs Man City

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This is the sides’ eighth meeting, with Man City now having four victories to Bayern’s three and scoring 12 goals to their opponents’ 10.

The first six of those contests came in the Uefa Champions League group stage between September 2011 and November 2014.

Bayern Munich’s gamble

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Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting starts up front for Bayern Munich tonight despite not being 100% fully fit. It’s easy to see why Thomas Tuchel has elect to go with him as the main striker though.

Choupo-Moting has struck six goals in his last seven starts in this competition.

Will this be a gamble that pays off for Bayern Munich?

Haaland breaking Champions League records

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Haaland’s existing records:

-He was the youngest to 15 goals aged 20 years, 126 days

- Quickest to 15 goals – 12 games

- Youngest to 20 goals – 20 years, 231 days

- Quickest to 20 goals – 14 games

- Youngest to 25 goals – 22 years, 47 days

- Quickest to 25 goals – 20 games

- Youngest to 30 goals – 22 years, 236 days

- Quickest to 30 goals – 25 games

- Only player to score first-half hat-trick on competition debut

- Only player to score multiple times in four consecutive appearances

- Only player to score more than one goal on competition debut for three different clubs

Haaland breaking Champions League records

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Erling Haaland has scored 34 goals in just 26 Champions League appearances, rewriting the record books in the process.

Still just 22 and in only his fourth campaign in the competition, the Norway striker is already 19th in the list of all-time Champions League scorers and having gone above the likes of Samuel Eto’o, Antoine Griezmann, Kaká and Wayne Rooney.

He is now within sight of Edinson Cavani, Sergio Aguero and Alessandro Del Piero.

'We need a miracle’ – Thomas Tuchel knows Bayern have a mountain to climb

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Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel concedes his side need a miracle to overcome Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals.

The German giants trail 3-0 on aggregate heading into the second leg of their last-eight tie at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday. Tuchel believes his side are capable of turning the tie around but knows it is a tall order.

The former Chelsea manager said: “We need a wonder, a miracle. I don’t know if talking about a 4-0 or 5-1 is appropriate – you need to be realistic – but we believe in ourselves.”

We need a miracle – Thomas Tuchel knows Bayern have a mountain to climb

Man City are focused says Guardiola

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With such a big lead in the tie (3-0 on aggregate) there is the possibility that Manchester City just rest on their laurels and try to coast through the game in Germany.

Pep Guardiola assures that this won’t be the case.

"We are focused on what we have to do to try to control the game.” he said, “We are against one of the most prestigious teams in this competition.

“It is 11 against 11 and we will try to do better than the opponent in this specific game. It would be a mistake to focus on the past."

More from Tuchel

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"We will see if there are such things as miracles. I would like to accept the challenge. But we need a good mix of realism and belief that anything is possible if we play at our absolute best. It is our task to ignite a spark among the crowd."

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Bayern Munich vs Man City

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Bayern have won 16 of their last 18 home matches in the Uefa Champions League. The Allianz Arena is a fortress in this competition but is it strong enough to muster a small football miracle?

Of the last four quarter-final matches played here, Bayern have drawn two and lost two so the signs aren’t looking good.

What happened in the first leg?

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Man City put in a scintillating performance to beat Bayern 3-0 in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium.

Goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland put Pep Guardiola’s side in control but Bayern harbour hopes of mounting a dramatic comeback.

With their passionate home fans behind anything is possible for the Bundesliga champions.

Pre-match thought from Tuchel

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Bayern Munich head coach, Thomas Tuchel, says there is belief that his side can upset the odds this evening but that his players will need the help of the home crowd to do so.

"We believe in ourselves, and believe we can win this game.” he said, “If we can win both halves then anything can happen, and we know that.

“We are obliged to get the crowd going, give them a spark and deliver a top performance. If we are smart in the duels and present, we can make special things happen, and we’ll go from there."

Man City submit plans to expand Etihad Stadium capacity, add hotel and museum

18:48 , Mike Jones

Manchester City have submitted a planning application to expand the capacity of the Etihad Stadium to more than 60,000 while adding a hotel, museum and other facilities.

The plans will add around 7,000 new seats to the stadium by expanding the north stand with a larger, single upper tier, following a different design to the expansion of the south stand which opened in 2015.

Last week, the Etihad was included on the list of 10 stadia which would host matches if the UK and Ireland’s joint bid for organising Euro 2028 is successful, with the bid quoting a planned new capacity of 61,000.

The plans also include a new covered fan zone, integrated into the stadium behind the north stand, a new club shop, museum and 400-bed hotel, which would also attract business from the new 23,500-capacity Co-op Live Arena which is already under construction next to the stadium.

Man City submit plans to expand Etihad Stadium capacity, add hotel and museum

Bayern Munich vs Man City team changes

18:43 , Mike Jones

Thomas Tuchel sticks with the same 4-2-3-1 formation that he used at the Etihad Stadium but replaces two of his starters.

Manchester City loanee Joao Cancelo comes in to replace Alphonso Davies at left-back whilst Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting starts up top ahead of Serge Gnabry.

Unsurprisingly Pep Guardiola names an unchanged Manchester City team to the one that won 3-0 last time out in the Champions League.

Bayern Munich vs Man City line-ups

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Bayern Munich XI: Sommer; Pavard, Upamecano, De Ligt, Cancelo; Kimmich, Goretzka; Coman, Musiala, Sane; Choupo-Moting

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Akanji, Dias, Ake; Stones, Rodri; Bernardo, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish; Haaland

Bayern Munich are confident of a comeback

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Bayern Munich are looking back on their famous comeback victories for inspiration against Manchester City this evening. They hope to emulate those performances and cause a big upset when Pep Guardiola’s men arrive at the Allianz Arena.

Guardiola on mindset to beat Bayern

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“I’ve been here at Bayern Munich and I know the mentality of this club,” Pep Guardiola said when explaining why Manchester City have not already won the tie despite their three goal lead.

“It’s everywhere, it’s in the skin. I know they believe they can do it. We believe too but when you’re in these type of clubs and we’ll try to build this feeling that whatever happens, we can do it like the history they have in the competition, we’re growing that.

“It is what it is. This is an opportunity to prove ourselves versus one of the best in Europe and we’ll try to impose our game.

“The mindset is to try and win the game. The approach is the same, come here knowing the quality they have. We just talk about the game we have to play, not the result one week ago or the consequences or future, it’s what you have to do in the game.

“Focus on every single action what you have to do to get the best result and try to reach the semi-final.”

Phillips on reaching Champions League semi-finals

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Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips gave his thoughts on tonight’s encounter and explained where he feels the game at the Etihad was won.

“It’s always going to be a tough game away.” he said, “The first 60 minutes at our place was a very close game.

“Once we got the second it opened them up a little bit. We know how good they are and know they’re not going to lie down for us, even though we’re 3-0 up.”

Foden to start from bench

18:25 , Mike Jones

Phil Foden has been missing in action since mid-March after undergoing surgery for appendicitis. He returned to training for Manchester City earlier this week and travelled with the squad to Germany to take on Bayern Munich tonight.

Whether Foden plays a part in tonight’s game is still to be determined but manager Pep Guardiola says that he will at least have a place on the bench.

“We’re delighted (he is back)” Guardiola said at his pre-match press conference yesterday. “Definitely it’s good news for us. He has trained just once yesterday but we decided he would travel with us and be on the bench.

“(How minutes he is capable of) I don’t know. 90 for sure no. But his physicality is special.

“He is a special player who doesn’t need a lot of training sessions to be fit. But he’s important - not just for tomorrow, but for the tight schedule we have ahead of us.”

Pep Guardiola returns to the place where his Champions League nightmares began

18:20 , Mike Jones

Pep Guardiola is a failure. By his own admission, anyway. The Manchester City manager has started to take a criticism levelled at him – or, more accurately, his Champions League record – and adopt it, while mocking it. Sometimes there can be a surreal element to Guardiola’s rationale: he deemed himself a failure last month on the grounds that Julia Roberts preferred to watch Manchester United.

By any objective criteria, Guardiola is a huge success. But for a perfectionist like the Catalan, there may be a feeling of failure about his European record since 2011. When he claims, as he has, that he would rather win the Premier League or that the domestic division is harder to win, it only serves to underline that European glory is the prize he wants most.

A return to the Allianz Arena should secure him a 10th Champions League semi-final as a manager; it may also remind him of the start of a sequence. If it is a dozen years since Guardiola’s Barcelona won the 2011 final in such a manner to suggest they were the finest team ever, Roberto Di Matteo has lifted the Champions League more recently than Guardiola.

This is his 10th campaign since leaving his boyhood club: whether with Bayern Munich or City, his European runs have ended in disappointment. His case to be deemed the greatest manager ever is weakened, despite the prospect of an 11th league title in 14 seasons, without conquering Europe again. He is aware that he has not won the Champions League without Lionel Messi: that Messi has triumphed in both the Champions League and the World Cup without Guardiola embellishes his claim to be the outstanding footballer in history.

Pep Guardiola returns to the place where his Champions League nightmares began

Bayern Munich vs Manchester City prediction

18:15 , Mike Jones

This should be a close affair with Bayern Munich showing more of their attacking attributes than they did a week ago. Man City are likely to match them stride for stride though and should go through after securing a draw away from home.

Bayern Munich 2-2 Manchester City (2-5 agg.)

Bayern Munich vs Man City predicted line-ups

18:10 , Mike Jones

Bayern Munich XI: Sommer; Pavard, Upamecano, De Ligt, Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Sane, Musiala, Coman; Mane.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Akanji, Dias, Ake; Stones, Rodri; Silva, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland.

What is the early team news?

18:05 , Mike Jones

A tough night in Manchester on the pitch last week saw frustrations boil over off it for Bayern Munich, with Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane involved in a dressing room confrontation. That led to Mane’s exclusion from the matchday squad against Hoffenheim, but the forward is set to return for the second leg. He could be joined by Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, who is back in training after a knee injury.

Phil Foden continues to recover after having his appendix removed, but has been back in Manchester City training this week. Pep Guardiola has settled on a favoured system of late, with John Stones likely to continue moving into midfield when his side have the ball.

How to watch Bayern Munich vs Manchester City

18:00 , Mike Jones

Bayern Munich vs Manchester City is due to kick off at 8pm BST on Wednesday 19 April at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on BT Sport 1, with coverage from 7pm BST. Subscribers can stream the second leg via the BT Sport app or online player.

Bayern Munich vs Manchester City

16:02 , Mike Jones

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of this evening’s Champions League quarter-final between Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola’s men lead 3-0 on aggregate after a stellar performance at the Etihad Stadium and will be hoping to nullify Bayern’s attacking qualities in order to progress through to the final four.

For their part, the Bundesliga champions will be hoping that home advantage plays in their favour as they hunt for an early goal to turn around their fortunes.

City are the big favourites but whoever progresses will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals after Carlo Ancelotti’s men defeated Chelsea last night.

At the least this match will be an entertaining encounter but can City see off Bayern and keep their hopes of winning the Champions League alive?