Bayern Munich sets to face off against Man City in UCL Clash

The German league table toppers Bayern Munich sets to square off against 2nd-placed in the English Premier League Manchester City in the race for the last four of the Champions League on Wednesday(19th April) from Allianz Arena. The first leg was intense but the Citizens took a crushing three-goal lead, courtesy of Rodri(27), Silva(70) & Haaland's(76)th-minute goals.

In a new duel, where Bayern wants to turn the table in their favour, as the third semifinalist will be defined hereafter Real Madrid and AC Milan confirmed their sport for the last four. To the duel between Bayern and Man City comes a seasoned local who tried to do the miraculous at Etihad Stadium but failed. Amid a constant back and forth, the lack of precision of the Bavarians, accompanied by the excellent performance of Ederson, crushed the illusion of the visitor who fell 3-0.

Within the match it is important to highlight the personality of the team throughout the game, as City appropriated the ball and tried to go up even amid the gloom of the result, however, luck was not on their side. On the other hand, those led by Thomas Tuchel are leaders of the Bundesliga. In general, the performance has been high and a surprise for the Germans in the last UCL fixture is not ruled out, where they maintain the illusion of qualifying for the semifinals and why not, fulfil the dream of raising their fourth Champions League.

The team led by Pep Guardiola is one of the great candidates to win the Champions League and its squad is enough to fully compete in the rest of the competitions. At the domestic level, the citizens have managed to achieve 22 victories in 30 games and are second to only four points behind Arsenal.

The season has been intense, but the squad led by Kevin De Bruyne is still ready to take Bayern at the away fixture. In the match played at the Etihad Stadium, discipline was the flag of the English side and, as usual, Erling Haaland was the key figure in that match once again. Rodri and Bernardo Silva scored to gain a wide but not irreversible lead. It is expected that in this new clash between Bayern Munich and Manchester City, the sky-blue squad will continue its good run, as it has a string of four consecutive away victories and has scored twelve goals. Since the Champions League of the 2019/20 season, City has not been eliminated in this instance.

For this clash between Bayern and Man City, we believe that the visitors will take the victory and confirm their slot in the semis of UCL. Despite playing a two-way commitment the previous day, the Germans will likely find it very expensive for the wide disadvantage with which they arrive, in addition to all the internal problems that were known about the squad after the fall in England.

Although their numbers are very good at home, winning four of their five recent games, they face Pep's mythical City, which consists of a reckless attack and which is currently unbeaten in 14 games in all competitions.

Probable Playing XI:

Bayern Possible lineup (4-2-3-1): Sommer; Pavard, Upamecano, De Ligt, A Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Sané, Musiala, Coman; Eric Choupo-Moting.

Man City Possible lineup (3-2-4-1): Ederson; Akanji, R Dias, Ake; John Stones, Rodri; B Silva, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland.