The dream is over. Bayern Munich’s dream runs by means of a killer Champions League The gauntlet has come to an unofficial finish available Manchester city.

A vibrant begin and close to misses from Leroy Sane and Kingsley Coman weren’t sufficient to make a dent in Metropolis’s 3-0 first-leg benefit, and Erling Haaland scored close to the hour mark to successfully stage the rating.

A late penalty, coolly transformed by captain Joshua Kimmich, provided little comfort.

In the long run, Bayern Munich had been despatched off 1-4 mixture losers, with coach Thomas Tuchel despatched off together with two yellow playing cards earned arguing with officers. For the third season in a row, the Bavarians are reaching the quarterfinals.

Two years in the past, it was Tuchel, then at Chelsea, who beat Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis within the Champions League closing. This time it was Metropolis and the previous Bayern coach who managed to spoil what was a stunning show of Bavarian energy in Europe. It is a nasty finale that can linger.

The Bayern Munich board wrote prominently on this story as properly. The sacking of Julian Nagelsmann in March will, rightly or wrongly, be seen as a turning level within the marketing campaign. In spite of everything, so was Bayern airline By way of UCL, demolish straight folds F.C.BAnd intermilanand Paris Saint-Germain – all with out scoring a purpose.

Whereas Bayern executives insist new coach Thomas Tuchel is not going to be assessed till subsequent season, his early spell has been marked by one setback after one other. If Nagelsmann had the crew on declining performance curve, they’ve ramped up the pattern to overdrive within the wake of his exit. Between dropped factors, a double championship exit and Sadio Mane’s bodily altercation with teammate Leroy Sane, Bayern have the makings of a membership teetering on the sting.

The gamers are additionally past blame. An uncharacteristic collapse late within the first leg put Bayern in that place, and late interruptions in matches value all of them season.

Sacking a coach was definitely one technique to ship a message that requirements are slipping, and difficult love continues: sporting director Hasan “Brazo” Salihamidžić is able to meet all his gamers head to head to demand extra accountability. What number of buttons to push and levers to tug, ought to this additionally not obtain the specified impact?

“We imagined issues would prove in a different way,” CEO Oliver Kahn stated lately, little question echoing the feelings of many a Bavarian trustworthy.

Now Bayern supporters and crew executives alike are questioning. How did it come to this? The place do they go from right here?