Manchester City travel to Bayern Munich for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie with one foot already in the last four, having cruised to a 3-0 first-leg victory.
Pep Guardiola – up against his former club – will know that a typically professional performance from his side ought to see them into the semi-finals for the third season running, as he tries to take City all the way this time around and secure their first ever European crown.
Bayern, meanwhile, will need to pull off their greatest ever continental comeback if they're to reach a first Champions League semi-final since 2020. Thomas Tuchel says his time 'will never give up', but it's going to take a lot more than mere fight to flip this contest on its head.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST.
Team news
Sadio Mane will be available for Bayern, having served a one-match internal ban for clashing with teammate Leroy Sane in the dressing room after the first leg. Tuchel remains without the injured Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, though, while Manuel Neuer and Lucas Hernandez are out for the season.
City have just the one confirmed absentee: Phil Foden is still sidelined due to injury.
Form
It's been a mixed bag for Bayern since Tuchel took over from the sacked Julian Nagelsmann. The Bundesliga leaders have recorded two wins and one draw (1-1 at home to Hoffenheim last time out) from their three league games – but lost both cup outings: as well as the defeat to City, Bayern bowed out of the DFB-Pokal to Freiburg in the last 16.
As for City, they head to the Allianz Arena in truly rampant form. After beating Leicester 3-1 on Saturday – their 10th straight victory in all competitions – the reigning Premier League champions have leaders Arsenal firmly in their sights as they aim to retain their crown.
Referee
Clement Turpin of France will be the referee for Bayern Munich vs Manchester City.
Stadium
Bayern Munich vs Manchester City will be played at the 75,024-capacity Allianz Arena in Munich.
In the US, kick-off time is 3pm ET / 12pm PT. The match will be shown onParamount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Champions League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Champions League fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there.For the Champions League, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open...
