Manchester City set up Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid after draw at Bayern via IrishTimesSport
This is all for the coming weeks. Here City could afford to see Erling Haaland shank a penalty and still keep Bayern to a 1-1 draw in a febrile atmosphere that was a true test of their mettle. In the day it had rained hard under a steel-grey sky in this industrial area of north Munich but by kickoff the wet stuff cleared and Bayern fired an early warning, Kingsley Coman’s arrowed cross headed away by John Stones.
Guardiola, who chose the same XI as last week’s first leg, was happier to see Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne combine as the latter turned and rolled the ball into the area where Yann Sommer collected. A breathless spectacle continued with Ederson beating away a Sané free-kick and Coman, having switched to the left, initiating a sequence that ended in Leon Goretzka spooning over.
But, then, in a rare foray upfield the priceless prize of a penalty was claimed. Or so they believed. It was awarded after Ilkay Gündogan’s shot hit Upamecano’s left arm. Up stepped Haaland but, astonishingly, he ballooned the spot-kick over.Disbelief was followed by Allianz Arena noise becoming ear-splitting, Coman blazing at Ederson, the latter being booked for time-wasting, then booting the goal kick straight out.
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