Bayern Munich vs Manchester City LIVE stream: Lineups and team news from Champions League quarter-final

Bayern Munich defender Benjamin Pavard believes a comeback shall be attainable tonight.

“We had a good first half in the first leg against City,” he mentioned. “We’ll be very disappointed if we don’t win.

“We are highly motivated and in fine form. We’ve seen in the past that a comeback like this is possible.”

Bayern haven’t failed to attain at dwelling in three entire years however the important thing for Man Ciy tonight shall be limiting what number of the hosts do rating.

Only 4 groups have progressed from a Champions League knockout tie when shedding the primary leg by three objectives or extra, with the final to take action Liverpool towards Barcelona in 2019.

City seem to have one foot within the final 4 after a formidable 3-0 win over Bayern Munich within the first leg of their quarter-final tie.

Yet playmaker De Bruyne is taking nothing with no consideration forward of Wednesday’s return encounter and is approaching the sport as he would another.

“It’s still got a long way to go,” the Belgian mentioned. “It’s not like 50 minutes to go and you might cover up a bit. It’s 95 minutes and a lot can happen.

“You’ve heard of crazy scores in many games so we’ll have to bring our ‘A’ game.

This is the sides’ eighth meeting, with Man City now having four victories to Bayern’s three and scoring 12 goals to their opponents’ 10.

The first six of those contests came in the Uefa Champions League group stage between September 2011 and November 2014.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting starts up front for Bayern Munich tonight despite not being 100% fully fit. It’s easy to see why Thomas Tuchel has elect to go with him as the main striker though.

Choupo-Moting has struck six goals in his last seven starts in this competition.

Will this be a gamble that pays off for Bayern Munich?

Haaland’s existing records:

-He was the youngest to 15 goals aged 20 years, 126 days

– Quickest to 15 goals – 12 games

– Youngest to 20 goals – 20 years, 231 days

– Quickest to 20 goals – 14 games

– Youngest to 25 goals – 22 years, 47 days

– Quickest to 25 goals – 20 games

– Youngest to 30 goals – 22 years, 236 days

– Quickest to 30 goals – 25 games

– Only player to score first-half hat-trick on competition debut

– Only player to score multiple times in four consecutive appearances

– Only player to score more than one goal on competition debut for three different clubs

Erling Haaland has scored 34 goals in just 26 Champions League appearances, rewriting the record books in the process.

Still just 22 and in only his fourth campaign in the competition, the Norway striker is already 19th in the list of all-time Champions League scorers and having gone above the likes of Samuel Eto’o, Antoine Griezmann, Kaká and Wayne Rooney.

He is now within sight of Edinson Cavani, Sergio Aguero and Alessandro Del Piero.

The German giants trail 3-0 on aggregate heading into the second leg of their last-eight tie at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday. Tuchel believes his side are capable of turning the tie around but knows it is a tall order.

The former Chelsea manager said: “We need a wonder, a miracle. I don’t know if talking about a 4-0 or 5-1 is appropriate – you need to be realistic – but we believe in ourselves.”

With such an enormous lead within the tie (3-0 on combination) there’s the likelihood that Manchester City simply relaxation on their laurels and attempt to coast by means of the sport in Germany.

Pep Guardiola assures that this gained’t be the case.

“We are focused on what we have to do to try to control the game.” he said, “We are against one of the most prestigious teams in this competition.

“It is 11 against 11 and we will try to do better than the opponent in this specific game. It would be a mistake to focus on the past.”

“We will see if there are such things as miracles. I would like to accept the challenge. But we need a good mix of realism and belief that anything is possible if we play at our absolute best. It is our task to ignite a spark among the crowd.”