Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals for the second straight season after Erling Haaland scored in a 1-1 draw which secured a 4-1 aggregate last-eight win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday.WRAP | Champions League quarter-finalsThe Norwegian missed a first-half penalty but muscled his way up field midway through the second half, lashing past Bayern goalkeeper Yann Sommer for his 48th goal in 41 appearances this season.
Bayern scored a late penalty through Joshua Kimmich but were again haunted by their inability to make possession and chances count.City will play in the semis for the third straight year but face a rematch with manager Pep Guardiola's old foe Real, who scored two late goals to spectacularly turn the tie their way on the way to eventually winning the title last season.Man City get the job done in Munich! ??#UCL pic.twitter.com/X03tuUzuNv"The semi-final again...
the experience that we have in the competition, the players feel it a lot, they want to do really well," Guardiola told BT Sport.Bayern sacked previous coach Julian Nagelsmann in favour of Thomas Tuchel earlier this month despite a perfect record in the Champions League this season but have since been eliminated from Europe and the German Cup."If we can't take positives from this match, we would have a problem," Tuchel, whose side are only two points clear of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga title race, told DAZN."At the moment, City are in the best shape, with the best players in the best league in the world."Guardiola, so often criticised in the Champions League for tinkering with his side, named the same XI that won the first leg 3-0 in Manchester.Tuchel made two changes, opting for the creativity of City