Bayern Munich secured a 3-2 victory over Manchester United in the first leg of the Women's Champions League quarter-finals. Bayern took an early lead through Harder, but United equalized with a penalty from Le Tissier. Harder scored again, but United responded with a goal from Lundkvist. Tanikawa's late strike sealed the win for Bayern. This match marked Bayern's first away knockout-stage win since the 2020-21 season, ending a streak of four consecutive defeats against English teams.
"Bayern immediately hit the front, with Harder racing onto Arianna Caruso's throughball and holding off Maya Le Tissier to slot her shot past Phallon Tullis-Joyce into the bottom-right corner inside two minutes."
"After a quiet start to the second, Harder raced through the wide-open United defence again 71 minutes in, escaping Le Tissier and picking out the bottom corner."
"However, it was Tanikawa - fresh from winning the Women's Asian Cup with Japan - who proved the difference in the first leg as she curled a long-range strike past Tullis-Joyce with six minutes remaining."
"Indeed, it was also their first away knockout-stage win in the competition since the 2020-21 quarter-finals vs Rosengard."
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