Look: Manchester City and Inter Milan take giant strides toward Champions League semi-finals

City produce outstanding performance to overpower Bayern Munich 3-0, Italians beat Benfica

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Imran Malik, Assistant Editor
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Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland (right) celebrates with Manchester City's Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva after scoring their third goal during the UEFA Champions League quarter final, first leg match against Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north-west England. City have now taken a giant stride towards the Champions League semi-finals with an outstanding performance to overpower Bayern 3-0.
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City gave a powerful all-round team display and Bayern, under new coach Thomas Tuchel, face a mountainous task to turn this quarter-final around in the second leg at the AllianzArena.
Reuters
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Haaland got his 45th goal of the season to make him the highest scorer in all competitions in a single campaign since the Premier League began 30 years ago, surpassing Mohamed Salah and Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Reuters
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Bayern's Thomas Mueller (left) and Leon Goretzka applaud fans on the pitch after the match. But in truth, Bayern did not have much to be happy about on the rain-sodden Manchester night.
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Thomas Tuchel declared his delight at being back in England for this Champions League quarter-final, having recently succeed Julian Naglesmann at Bayern, but the coach has a lot to do in the second leg.
AFP
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Romelu Lukaku scored an 82nd-minute penalty as Inter Milan put themselves in a strong position to advance to the semis after a deserved win away to Benfica.
AFP
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Benfica struggled to dictate play in front of their own fans as Inter produced a defensive masterclass in Lisbon.
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Simone Inzaghi's side will fancy their chances of finishing the job in front of their own fans in the return leg on 19 April.
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