Bayern women win the quarter-final first leg in Manchester

Pernille Harder had already given the guests the lead in the second minute. Maya Le Tissier (24th) equalized with a hand penalty. The hosts also countered Bayern’s renewed lead through Harder (71′) through Hanna Lundkvist (76′), before Momoko Tanikawa (84′) marked the final score.

The second leg will take place next Wednesday (6.45 p.m./Disney+) in the Allianz Arena. The opponent in the semi-final would probably again be FC Barcelona, ​​who won their first quarter-final at Real Madrid 6-2. The Munich team suffered their last defeat to date in the group phase in Barcelona, ​​a disastrous 1:7.

Munich women too passive after an early lead

The game got off to a perfect start for the Munich team. Arianna Caruso played a long pass from her own half into the path of Harder, who left her opponent standing and coolly finished for her sixth Champions League goal of the season. The guests then retreated a long way and tried to achieve success with further counterattacks. The equalizer came after a handball from Glodis Perla Viggosdottir. She blocked a shot attempt by former Munich player Lea Schüller with her arm.

Afterwards, Bayern had a lot of lapses in concentration and only got back into the game better after the 30th minute and had good chances to take the lead again after corners through Viggosdottir (37th) and Bernadette Amani (45th).

Harder succeeded with a copy of the first goal, but it didn’t last long. Lundkvist headed in from a corner. The winning goal came as a surprise when Tanikawa shot low from 14 meters and scored.

In an earlier version of the article the headline said “in the first semi-final”. The correct term is “in the quarter-final first leg”.