Haaland missed a penalty in the first half, but he made up for it by scoring on a counterattack in the 57th minute to secure City’s progression and a 4-1 aggregate victory. This season, he has scored 48 goals for Manchester City.
With a 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich in the second leg of their quarterfinal. City advanced to a Champions League semifinal against Real Madrid thanks to another goal from Erling Haaland.
The forward from Norway missed a penalty in the first half. But he made up for it by scoring on a counterattack in the 57th minute.
Just after Bayern missed a good chance at the other end, to secure City’s progression and a 4-1 win on aggregate.
After losing the first leg 3-0 in Manchester, Bayern’s lack of confidence was evident in its failure to seize numerous opportunities.
Joshua Kimmich, Bayern’s 83rd-minute penalty kick winner, said, “We really wanted to take the lead in the first half.” We had a few great chances against City, and we needed the lead to make them nervous.
When they are able to remain scoreless for an extended period of time, it is evidently simpler for them. It’s very annoying. If we had scored in the first half, I would have enjoyed the second.
After City defender Manuel Akanji was cited by VAR for handball, the penalty was given.
Bayern partner Dayot Upamecano was additionally punished for handball when Ilkay Gündoğan’s cross brushed the lower part of his arm in the 35th.
Yet Haaland impacted that spot kick directly over the bar.
City didn’t do much during Pep Guardiola’s return to the club he led to three consecutive Bundesliga titles from 2014 to 2016.
However, the visitors didn’t have to because they had a commanding lead going into the first leg and Bayern wasn’t doing anything well.
It is the Bavarian stalwart’s third sequential quarterfinal exit. Since winning the competition in 2020 and the second rivalry it has been taken out of in as numerous weeks following Freiburg’s success over Bayern in the German Cup quarterfinals.
Last month, Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamid and chief executive Oliver Kahn let Julian Nagalsmann go because they thought the team was going to miss its goals for the season.
Since then, Tuchel has only seen the team win two games out of six in all competitions. Six rounds into the season, Bayern still holds a two-point advantage over Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.
Bayern fans held a gigantic flag close to the furthest limit of the Wednesday’s down scrutinizing Salihamidžić and Kahn saying “Targets might be missed — the club’s qualities not!”
After a promising start, Bayern was let down by misplaced final crosses and poor finishing.
Official Lenient Turpin upset the host group. When he showed last protector Upamecano a red card for cutting down Haaland, who was offside.
After the linesman flagged the offside, Turpin canceled the red card and booked Tuchel for his ironic applause.
Zsolt Löw, Tuchel’s assistant, received a direct red card. While Tuchel received a second yellow card for protesting a different decision. Tuchel was sent off late.
City is offering to win the Heroes Association interestingly. It would be Guardiola’s first since winning as Barcelona’s mentor in 2011.
In their semifinal last year, Madrid, the defending champion, defeated City 6-5 after extra time. The city will play Madrid away for the first leg in May.
The Milan clubs are set to meet again in another Heroes Association elimination round 10 years after their last experience in the last four of Europe’s world-class club rivalry.
On Wednesday, Inter Milan played Benfica to a 3-3 draw, earning a 5-3 aggregate victory over the Portuguese team.
That occurred one day after AC Milan won their quarterfinal matchup with Napoli.
Fredrik Aursnes gave Benfica some hope shortly before the break after Inter’s opener.
Which was scored by Nicola Barella. However, Inter reached its first semifinal since José Mourinho led it to the treble of the Champions League.
Serie A, and Italian Cup in 2010 with goals from Lautaro Martnez and substitute Joaquin Correa.
António Silva and Petar Musa scored late for Benfica, allowing Inter to regain a two-goal advantage.