Erling Haaland continued his extremely high form in Man City’s shirt, he was the one who opened the scoring for the Blue Man in the trip to Bayern Munich.
Man City as a guest on the field of Bayern Munich in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2022/23 with 3 goals difference in the first leg. With the great advantage obtained, coach Pep Guardiola directed the students to counter-attack defense game.
Bayern Munich, despite having the home field advantage, could not speed up the game at will, Man City maintained a reasonable squad distance, making the home team unable to score in the first half. The green man even enjoyed 11m in the 37th minute, but Erling Haaland did not succeed.
Erling Haaland missed a penalty for the first time in his last 16 attempts in all club competitions (excluding penalty shootouts), the last time he missed a penalty in Dortmund vs Union Berlin in September. 4 year 2021.
However, the player born in 2000 did not have to regret it for too long. In the 57th minute, from Kevin de Bruyne’s slot, Erling Haaland broke the offside trap before eliminating Upamecano, he beat goalkeeper Sommer in a face-to-face situation to open the scoring.
This is Haaland’s 12th goal in the Champions League this season, matching Ruud van Nistelrooy (12 for MU in the 2002/03 season) for the most Champions League goals in a single season by a Premier player. League.
This is Haaland’s 35th goal in the Champions League, in the history of the tournament he is the one who needs the least number of matches to get the above goals. Accordingly, the 22-year-old striker only needs 27 games to get 35 goals, while the person behind him is Ruud van Nistelrooy who needs 42 games to get the same number of goals.
In the last minutes of the match, Bayern got a 1-1 equalizer thanks to Kimmich’s goal on the 11m mark. This is also the final score of the match. With this result, Man City entered the semi-finals with a total score of 4-1 after two matches.
