Sharing before the great war, the Bayern Munich star admitted that he would actively learn from Erling Haaland himself to apply when facing Manchester City.
In the middle of this week, the Champions League 2022/23 will return with an attractive quarter-final match. All fans’ eyes will be on Etihad, where lucky draws bring Manchester City to face Bayern Munich. These are two of the teams that are considered the best in the world at the moment, therefore, both promise to create an extremely dramatic and eye-catching great battle.
On the eve of welcoming the German representative, The Citizens received good news when striker Erling Haaland had returned from injury in time and still maintained a destructive goal-scoring form with a brace against Southampton over the weekend . With the presence of the number one star with the advantage of playing at Etihad, coach Pep Guardiola’s army is extremely confident when facing the Bavarian Gray Lobster.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the front line, Bayern Munich had disturbances on the coaching bench when coach Julian Naglesmann was suddenly sacked, replaced by Thomas Tuchel. The early days of the German strategist at Allianz Arena were still unstable when he won 2 victories and received 1 defeat.
However, this achievement did not affect the spirit of the Bayern Munich players. On the eve of the big war with Man City, Leon Goretzka confidently shared: “Man City is the hardest vote we’ve drawn, and I think they feel the same. It would be great that this is a final, but no, we are only in the quarter-finals and Bayern Munich is ready.”
“I think I can learn from Erling Haaland on how to position to score more goals. I don’t know if Haaland has magnets in his shoes, because his ability to score is really amazing. However, we are not playing against Haaland alone, we are playing against the whole Manchester City team. It will certainly be a special match,” the Bayern Munich star shared.
Leon Goretzka is showing relative form in this season’s Champions League. After 7 appearances, the German midfielder scored 2 goals and contributed 4 assists. Marching to The Citizens’ field, he is expected to continue to maintain impressive performances to give the Bavarian Gray Lobster an advantage.
The confrontation between Man City and Bayern Munich will take place at 2:00 p.m. on April 12 at Etihad Stadium.
