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Erling Haaland has scored 12 Champions League goals for City. No player has ever scored more for an English club in a seasonManchester City set up a Champions League semi-final clash with holders Real Madrid as Erling Haaland's goal ended Bayern Munich's hopes of a comeback.
Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel felt his side needed a miracle to go through after losing the first leg 3-0 - and they squandered plenty of opportunities to get back into the game.
Haaland made them pay as he lashed home a shot into the top corner to cap off a swift counter-attack, 15 seconds after Ederson had saved Kingsley Coman's shot at the other end.
That was the Norwegian's 48th goal for City this season, but he could have reached that figure earlier in the game but blazed over a penalty after a Dayot Upamecano handball.
Just like in the first leg last week, Upamecano - who was also beaten easily for the 57th-minute goal - had a nightmare.
The French centre-back was shown a red card early in the game for a professional foul on Haaland, but it was overturned because the City striker was offside.
Joshua Kimmich scored an 83rd-minute penalty for Bayern after a harsh handball decision against Manuel Akanji, but the German champions were never going to find three more goals in the last seven minutes.
Boss Tuchel was also sent to the stands for two yellow cards in what was a very fractious and fiery encounter at times.
There was no doubt City deserved to progress over the two legs and their Treble dream remains alive, with the Premier League and FA Cup other trophy targets this season.
Kimmich's spot-kick, though, ended their 10-game winning run in all competitions.
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Juggernaut City going for all three
City are now unbeaten in 15 games since they lost at Tottenham on 5 February and were minutes away from an 11th win in a row. Win their final 13 matches and they will be the first English team to win the Treble since Manchester United in 1999.
That picture will become clearer over the next week as they face Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday and then leaders Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday.
When City get going like this late in the season, though, it can be hard to stop them.
This tie was all but won last week at Etihad Stadium - and Pep Guardiola finally seems to have learned from past accusations of overthinking tactics and formations in big European games - most famously in the 2021 final defeat by Tuchel's Chelsea.
City have found the perfect formula and named the same XI in a third consecutive Champions League game for the first time.
Keeper Ederson was there when needed and the outcome at the Allianz Arena could have been very different had he not denied Coman after 56 minutes.
Instead of 3-1 on aggregate it was 4-0.
John Stones immediately pumped a long ball to Haaland, who headed it down for Kevin de Bruyne. The Belgian fed Haaland to smash in goal number 48 of an incredible season.
Dixie Dean's English record of 63 goals is still in his sights.
City also kept their heads and comfortably saw the game out after Kimmich scored when Akanji was penalised by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for handling substitute Sadio Mane's cross.
This is now their third Champions League semi-final in a row as they bid to finally win Europe's biggest club competition.
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Bayern Munich
Squad number27Player nameSommer- Squad number5Player namePavard
- Squad number2Player nameUpamecano
- Squad number4Player namede Ligt
- Squad number22Player nameJoão Cancelo
- Squad number6Player nameKimmich
- Squad number8Player nameGoretzka
- Squad number11Player nameComan
- Squad number42Player nameMusiala
Squad number10Player nameSané- Squad number13Player nameChoupo-Moting
- Squad number17Player nameMané
- Squad number19Player nameDavies
- Squad number25Player nameMüller
- Squad number39Player nameTel
- Squad number44Player nameStanisic
Manchester City
Squad number31Player nameEderson- Squad number6Player nameAké
- Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
- Squad number25Player nameAkanji
Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
Squad number5Player nameStones- Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number8Player nameGündogan- Squad number10Player nameGrealish
Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva- Squad number9Player nameHaaland
Squad number2Player nameWalker
Squad number14Player nameLaporte- Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Line-ups
Bayern Munich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 27Sommer
- 5PavardBooked at 60minsSubstituted forStanisicat 77'minutesBooked at 88mins
- 2UpamecanoBooked at 35mins
- 4de Ligt
- 22CanceloBooked at 11minsSubstituted forDaviesat 63'minutes
- 6KimmichBooked at 45mins
- 8Goretzka
- 11Coman
- 42MusialaSubstituted forMüllerat 72'minutes
- 10SanéSubstituted forManéat 64'minutes
- 13Choupo-MotingSubstituted forTelat 71'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Gnabry
- 17Mané
- 19Davies
- 20Sarr
- 23Blind
- 25Müller
- 26Ulreich
- 38Gravenberch
- 39Tel
- 40Mazraoui
- 44Stanisic
- 46Ibrahimovic
Man City
Formation 3-2-4-1
- 31EdersonBooked at 44mins
- 6AkéBooked at 54minsSubstituted forLaporteat 66'minutesBooked at 86mins
- 3Rúben Dias
- 25Akanji
- 17De BruyneSubstituted forWalkerat 88'minutes
- 5Stones
- 16Rodri
- 8GündoganBooked at 45mins
- 10Grealish
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 9HaalandSubstituted forÁlvarezat 84'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Walker
- 4Phillips
- 14Laporte
- 18Ortega
- 19Álvarez
- 21Gómez
- 26Mahrez
- 32Perrone
- 33Carson
- 47Foden
- 80Palmer
- 82Lewis
Referee:Clément Turpin
Attendance:75,000
Live Text
Match ends, FC Bayern München 1, Manchester City 1.
Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 1, Manchester City 1.
Attempt missed. Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alphonso Davies with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kyle Walker replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
Josip Stanisic (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Josip Stanisic (FC Bayern München).
Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City).
Attempt missed. Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Alphonso Davies with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez replaces Erling Haaland.
Goal! FC Bayern München 1, Manchester City 1. Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
VAR Decision: Penalty FC Bayern München.
Penalty conceded by Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Josip Stanisic replaces Benjamin Pavard.
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