The Spanish midfielder Rodri put the locals ahead with a left-footed shot from outside the area in the first half (27) and the Portuguese Bernardo Silva (70) and the Norwegian Erling Haaland (77) completed a win that could have been even greater, with a City that was far superior to a Bayern that will have the difficult mission of coming back on Wednesday of next week in Munich.
Despite the result, City coach Pep Guardiola warned that the tie is not over: “I was there for three years and I know that in Europe this team is special. To eliminate this type of team you have to play two good games, not just one In a game anything is possible and they have the capacity to score one, two, three goals”.
“We played very well until minute 60. We deserved more, at least one goal and conceding one or two less (…) In this type of game you need a bit of luck, something that can change the dynamics,” he said for his The coach of the Bavarians, Thomas Tuchel, leaves.
FULL TIME! SHOW AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE A CITYZEN!
The goals from Rodrigo, Bernardo Silva and Haaland give us a valuable advantage for the second leg.
🔵 3-0 🔴 #MCFSpanish pic.twitter.com/yhKdl5DO6u
—Manchester City (@ManCityES)
April 11, 2023
The match at the Etihad Stadium was billed as a duel between two of the best and most successful managers of the last decade and the tacticians did not disappoint.
The Spaniard proposed a three-man defensive line (Akanji, Ruben Dias and Aké) that when City did not have the ball it was four with Stones embedded next to the Portuguese central defender, while in attack the Portuguese international helped Rodri in the midfield to supply Gündogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Grealish with balls, with Haaland as the most advanced man.
Tuchel, for his part, tried to counteract the crowded English midfield by putting men in the midfield (Kimmich, Goretza, Coman, Sané and Musiala) and leaving another midfielder, Serge Gnabry, as the only striker, since his two pure forwards, Sané and Müller, started on the bench.