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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Kyle Newbould

'Writing our own history' - Man City fans loved dominant Champions League win vs Bayern Munich

Manchester City will head to Bavaria next week with one foot in the Champions League last-four after they beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in their quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.

City blew Bayern away with an electric second-half performance, two goals inside six minutes from Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland adding to Rodri's 27th-minute wonder goal. Pep Guardiola's side could well have had more, were it not for a string of fine saves from Yann Sommer.

But while wasted chances will frustrate Guardiola, the City boss will be ecstatic with an exhilarating performance against one of the competition's favourites to go all the way, especially against Thomas Tuchel, the man who beat him in the 2021 final.

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A win of such commanding nature puts City firmly in the driving seat for a place in the semi-finals, taking a three-goal advantage to Bavaria next Wednesday. And Blues were relishing the victory on social media after the final whistle.

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