JAKARTA The fierce duel for the 2022/2023 Champions League quarter-finals brings together Manchester City and Bayern Munich. The two teams have so far almost flawlessly in Europe.
The first leg of the bigmatch will take place at City's headquarters at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 02.00 WIB. The hosts welcomed their guests with a good record at home.
Currently, the two are still struggling to defend their respective domestic titles. City beat Southampton 4-1 last weekend to keep their distance from Arsenal in the Premier League title race.
It was their eighth straight win in all competitions. Meanwhile, the additional four goals above mean City have scored 31 goals in eight consecutive wins.
The mainstay star Erling Haaland in front line who has just recovered scored two goals in this win against Southampton. That saw the Norwegian player have scored 30 goals this season.
In addition, Haaland has also collected 10 goals from six Champions League games this season. However, he never had a good result against Bayern, losing seven meetings in defense of Borussia Dortmund.
Haaland also had a big hand in bringing City forward to this round. He scored five goals in a 7-0 dominant win over another German team RB Leipzig to ensure an 8-1 aggregate win in the last 16.
Besides Haaland will be a mainstay, City also has a good record every time they meet Bayern in the European Champions League. In previous years at this event, City won two of their three meetings at the Etihad.
Their only defeat at home comes as their current coach Pep Guardiola is on the side of the pitch with the German giant.
Despite being at the top of the Bundesliga standings, Bayern are more inconclusive than City in domestic events. In addition, Thomas Tuchel's unfavorable start as coach will put greater pressure on this match.
His predecessor, Julian Nagelsmann, comfortably went through a very difficult group stage containing Barcelona and Inter Milan. He then continued his journey by eliminating Paris Saint-Germain without conceding.
Tuchel's first match as coach made Bayern comfortably beat their main rival Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena. However, they lost surprisingly to Freiburg and were knocked out of DFB-Pokal in the quarter-finals.
Salah satu tugas utama Tuchel adalah untuk memperkuat pertahanan Bayern setelah mereka hanya mencatatkan enam kali clean sheet dalam 16 pertandingan terakhir mereka kebobolan dua gol atau lebih dalam lima kesempatan.
This came to their attention as they prepared to face one of the best attack teams in Europe who was in a productive condition scoring goals with an attacker like Haaland who was very deadly.
However, Tuchel has had a brilliant performance in this competition, especially reaching the 2020 and 2021 finals. In the 2021 final he and Chelsea managed to beat Guardiola's City.
Prediction Of Lineup
Manchester City (3-6-1): Ederson; Akanji, Ruben Dias, Ake; Stones, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish; Haaland
Bayern Munich (4-5-1): Sommer; Pavard, De Ligt, Upamecano, Davies; Goretzka, Kimmich, Sane, Musiala, Coman; Muller
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