In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 3-0 at home and have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with one foot. Before the game, no one expected that this 1 billion vs 1 billion championship favorite matchup would be played into a crushing game. If it weren't for goalkeeper Sommer's brave resistance, Bayern would have conceded far more than three goals. Sommer is also helpless, no matter how much he can pounce, he can't stop his teammates from "sending". And the worst performer is central defender Upamecano.
Bayern's new boss Thomas Tuchel is a bit "gram" in the cup. During his previous time in charge of Dort and Chelsea, he won two wins and drew one against Pep Guardiola three times, most notably leading Chelles to a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in the final of the Western European Champions League. This time, as the new manager of Bayern, he was favored by many people before the game and continued his "advantage" over Guardiola.
Even though Manchester City led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Rodri's world wave, the two sides played evenly in the first half. After the start of the second half, Bayern's defense suddenly lost power, the most representative of which was Upamecano:
In the 69th minute, he dribbled at the back and was successfully cut off by Grealish, Manchester City attacked quickly, Haaland crossed and created a header from the B-seat to score; In the 75th minute, Manchester City attacked from a corner, Alvarez crossed to the back post, and Stones completed the header. At this time, Upamecano "looked at the ball without looking at people", directly missed Haaland behind him, and was easily shot by the opponent to score.
In addition to making two mistakes that led to two goals conceded, Upa also had several missed shots in the second half. For example, his return pass in the 85th minute sent Manchester City a corner.
Goalkeeper Sommer has done his best in this game, making six key saves and two sorties. The threatening shots of Gundogan, Rodri, Ake and others were all defused by his bravery, and even so, it was difficult to stop his teammates from sending heads crazy.
The 3-0 defeat away from home in the first leg meant that Bayern needed to win by four goals at home if they wanted to turn around. Considering Thomas Tuchel has just taken over and Manchester City are in place, this probability is very, very low. Bayern have cooled, so to speak...