It’s all set for the first episode of clash of the titans as Manchester City play host to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their mouth-watering UEFA Champions League quarterfinal at Etihad Stadium.
Both outfits have reached this stage without too many problems. The Citizens easily won the group with Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, and Copenhagen before storming past RB Leipzig in the last 16 round.
Erling Haaland starred in his previous Champions League start, bagging five of his side’ seven goals in the home drubbing of Leipzig in the second leg in Manchester.
Haaland is the joint-top scorer of the competition together with Kylian Mbappe and Mohamed Salah with 10 goals each. Mbappe and Salah were eliminated at the first obstacle in the knockout phase, leaving the Norwegian predator as the main favorite for the competition’s golden boot award at the end of the season.
Speaking of Haaland, he is back to full health after skipping the international duty as well as the win over Liverpool. He started the weekend’s game at Southampton, bagging two goals in his team’s comprehensive 1-4 victory at St. Mary’s Stadium.
Bayern Munich eased past the likes of Barcelona and Inter Milan in the group stage of the Champions League before eliminating PSG in the last 16 round without conceding in either leg.
This was, however, not enough for the team’s board to keep Julian Nagelsmann who inexplicable parted ways with the Bavarians to open space for former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel to take charge.



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令人垂涎的欧洲冠军联赛四分之一决赛首回合在伊蒂哈德球场举行，曼城主场迎战拜仁慕尼黑，这是巨人之战的第一集。
这两家机构都没有遇到太多问题就达到了这个阶段。公民队与塞维利亚、多特蒙德和哥本哈根一起轻松赢得小组，并在16强中横扫莱比锡。
埃尔林·哈兰德在他之前的欧冠首发中发挥出色，在曼彻斯特的次回合主场击败莱比锡的比赛中，他为球队打进了7个进球中的5个。
哈兰德与姆巴佩和萨拉赫并列射手榜第一，两人各进10球。姆巴佩和萨拉赫在淘汰赛阶段的第一个障碍就被淘汰了，使挪威捕食者成为赛季末比赛金靴奖的主要热门。
说到哈兰德，他已经完全恢复了健康，此前他已经缺席了国际比赛以及战胜利物浦的比赛。他在周末对阵南安普顿的比赛中首发出场，并在球队1-4大胜圣玛丽球场的比赛中打进两球。
在欧冠小组赛中，拜仁慕尼黑轻松击败了巴塞罗那和国际米兰等球队，并在16强淘汰了巴黎圣日耳曼，两回合均未失球。
然而，这并不足以让球队董事会留下纳格尔斯曼，他莫名其妙地与巴伐利亚人分道扬镳，为前切尔西主帅托马斯·图赫尔留下执教的空间。