Manchester City took control of their Champions League quarter-final with a 3-0 first leg win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening at Etihad Stadium;
Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland scored the goals to give Pep Guardiola’s side a strong cushion going into next week’s return fixture.
A more unlikely name, Rodri, opened the scoring, curling a left-footed shot into the top corner from 25 yards out to score in the Champions League for the first time and give his side a 1-0 lead at the break, Eurosport reports.
Bayern were the better side early in the second half, with former Man City man Leroy Sane thrice stinging Ederson’s palms.
However, that Bayern momentum came to a crashing halt when Bernardo Silva doubled City’s lead from Haaland’s cross as the home team pounced on some slack defending.
Bayern then fell apart and Haaland ensured City will take a three-goal lead to Germany when he scored his 11th Champions League goal of the season from close range.
Manchester City have never won the Champions League and Pep Guardiola has not lifted the trophy since he left Barcelona more than a decade ago, but this performance, against a team who previously had eight wins from eight games in the competition, will add to the belief in the blue half of Manchester that this might be their year.
Manchester City’s last nine results in all competitions are: 4-1, 3-0, 2-0, 1-0, 7-0, 6-0, 4-1, 4-1, 3-0.
