Manchester City are quite close to the semi finals now after getting a very solid win like 3-0 over Bayern Munich. Honestly I was waiting for Manchester City to win in Etihad but this was way more than my expectations. Especially in the second half Bayern Munich were pretty bad against them. It was like the game Manchester City played against Leipzig in this half.
Bayern Munich have nothing to lose from now on. They will need to take much bigger risks and Manchester City are just the team to benefit from that.
Even though Bayern could indeed play more openly and attack because they have to score a lot of goals, I doubt Bayern Munich can do it well. because I saw that Bayern even had bad match results in the Bundesliga. Meanwhile, Man City seems to continue to show their solid strength at the moment in the Premier League. so even for the second leg it seems that Man City will still win and qualify for the semi-finals.
That is true, but this is not an ordinary game for Bayern, but the most important game of the season for all the players and the club.
Bayern already showed against PSG that they can play very well in the Champions League, and in fact they were not that bad in the first game in Manchester.
In some parts of the match, they were better against Manchester, and only a few huge mistakes in defense cost them an undeserved high defeat.
The key to a possible surprise in the second leg will be an early goal for Bayern, which would further inspire Bayern's players and put Manchester's players under additional pressure. Of course, Manchester is the favorite to advance to the semi-finals.