Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 4-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Pep Guardiola, who is again close to realizing the dream of the “citizens” (to win the “ears”), said that he was satisfied with the performance of his players at the Allianz Arena.

Pep Guardiola is satisfied with his team’s performance in the second half

“Three years in a row in the semi-finals of the Champions League. We played against an incredible team. Sometimes they were better. Upamecano broke the lines on our left flank, and we fought the Coman. We were lucky that they only had one or two chances to score before the penalty we missed.

If they do well, then everything could change, because in this competition anything is possible. On the left side, it was difficult for me in front of Coman, Pavard, Chupo-Moting.

In the second half, we had better possession of the ball, we were better. But we knew the quality of the team that was in front of us.

The team is exhausted, I don’t know how we will recover for the game against Sheffield United (no FA Cup semi-final) on Saturday. It was very difficult, and I don’t know how we will present ourselves at the match” – Pep Guardiola for DAZN.

Thomas Tuchel (Bayern Munich): “It’s hard to digest”

“It was far from what I had in mind or what I needed. Difficult to digest. We played with very little energy and pace, we had very little conviction, a lot of uncertainty in our game.

There were a lot of simple mistakes, but we had enough chances to win the game. This is not what we wanted. I really expected a different turn of events. We prepared well, but we couldn’t give it on the field” – Thomas Tuchel.

Erling Haaland, the fastest player to score 35 goals in the Champions League

Manchester City reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. The Citizens beat the German champions 4-1 on aggregate at the end of a doubleheader in which the English group displayed impressive football.

Despite Bayern dictating the tempo at the Allianz Arena, it was City who scored on the counter-attack through Erling Haaland.

The Norwegian became the fastest player to score 35 Champions League goals in just 27 appearances. The record belonged to Ruud van Nistelrooy, who achieved this feat in 42 matches.

The Germans also managed to score late in the match thanks to Joshua Kimmich, who converted flawlessly from 11 meters.

In the semi-finals, “Manchester City” will meet with an old friend from last season – “Real”.

What’s next in the Champions League, edition 2022 – 2023

• Semifinal

9 May 17: Real Madrid v Manchester City

May 10, 16: “Milan” – “Inter”.

• Last,

June 10: Real Madrid/Manchester City v AC Milan/Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.