Manchester City took total control of their Champions League quarter-final tie with an emphatic 3-0 first-leg win over Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium
Rodri's curling shot from distance in the first half gave Pep Guardiola's side the lead against the German champions before Bernardo Silva headed in a second after the interval
 Leroy Sane tested Ederson repeatedly in between but Bayern's defensive frailty was clear
Erling Haaland, without so much as a draw in seven games against these opponents as a Borussia Dortmund player, exposed that fragility in volleying home the third goal as Bayern, and the struggling Dayot Upamecano in particular, began to wilt under City's pressure
The fourth goal did not arrive but for all this team's travails in the latter stages of this competition, City will surely expect to progress to the final four after this result
 A hugely impressive performance that underlines their status as the favourites for the trophy
In blustery conditions that had the rain swirling around the stadium, Jack Grealish lifted the crowd in an instant with a purposeful run and there were two chances for Haaland in those early stages - both on his left foot, both far from his best
But the game turned City's way on two phases of play midway through the first half
 Jamal Musiala's low shot looked to be heading for the bottom corner of Ederson's net only for Ruben Dias to produce a sensational block
 City went down the other end and scored
Musiala might have done more to prevent Rodri turning inside but he could not have anticipated what followed
 The midfielder set his left-footed shot wide of the far post but the ball curled beautifully into the top corner with Yann Sommer scrambling in vain
Guardiola famously omitted the Spain international from his starting line-up for the 2021 Champions League final defeat to Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea, but this was a less surprising selection and it was the German coach who struggled to find the solutions
Sane came close, locked in a personal battle with Ederson that saw the Brazilian goalkeeper deny him three times from distance early in the second half, and that proved significant soon after when Upamecano's error allowed City to double the advantage
It was superb by the in-form Grealish to dispossess the defender and then flick the ball through to Haaland
 Just as good by the Norwegian to pick out the pass to Silva as the crowd urged him to shoot
 Sommer got a hand to his powerful header but could not keep it out
Upamecano's error for the third was less conspicuous but just as damaging - presenting Haaland with the freedom of the box to latch onto John Stones' header and cushion the shot beyond the goalkeeper
 It was his 45th goal of the season
Haaland and his team might not need another to see off Bayern in Munich, such was the job done by the reigning Premier League champions in front of their own fans
 There is work to do, of course, but Manchester City's hopes of a treble are growing
Asked for his thoughts on a 'comfortable' win, Guardiola replied: "It was not comfortable at all
 I am emotionally destroyed! I have 10 more years today
 It was such a demanding game
"For 55 to 60 minutes, it was a tight game, for parts they were better than us
"From the start of the second half, they were better
 We could not control them
 But we adjusted something and we were better
 It is an incredible result
 But we have to do something in Munich at a little bit better not to suffer too much
 We will try to do it
"I have been there many times
 I know this team is special
 To knock out these top teams you need two top games not one
"He added: "I know exactly what we have to do there
 If we do not perform well, they can score one, two or three
 I know that and the players know it
"It is an incredible result but we have to do our game with a huge, huge personality because otherwise these are top clubs and teams
"Here, we have our chances, in our stadium, we are something special this season
 We have our momentum, we are clinical and have that weapon
 But it is the same for Munich
"I have been there, you have not been there
 I have been there for three years
 I know what it means for the people, we are going there to score goals and try to win the game
 If not, it will be so difficult
"Silva's performance drew special praise from Guardiola
 The Portuguese scored the second goal, tormented the Bayern defence and also did an important defensive job in controlling the attacking forays of Bayern left-back Alphonso Davies
"He is a player who you say is going to play in that position and you do not have to say anything else," said Guardiola
"I have been lucky to coach some very good players for Barca and Bayern
 He is one of the best players I ever trained in my life, ever
 He is something special as a football player
"Bernardo is a football player, he can play everywhere because he understands the game perfectly and every action with and without the ball
"When Davies starts to go you cannot stop, Bernardo has the ability to read the positions, give us an extra pass
 He is so important in these types of games, he can play holding midfielder
 He is so, so important player and lately, he is scoring goals, which he lacked a little bit
 Now, he is being decisive
""This does not feel like a 3-0 but it is a 3-0 and it is a huge, huge task now to turn this around
 We are realistic but we will not give up," said Tuchel afterwards
"It will not be over until we are in the shower
"Tuchel pointed to the opening goal of the game from Rodri as evidence of his team's misfortune
"If City gets this sort of goal it gets really, really difficult," said the Bayern boss
"The reaction was great during the first half
 In the second half, it was even better
 In the period where the goal could give us a huge boost of confidence, the opposite happened
"He saw Upamecano's error as the turning point
"The second goal shifted the momentum when it was our momentum
 It was an individual mistake, a decision-making mistake and at the highest level in world football it is brutal
 This is a mistake that should not happen at this level in this part of the field
"Clearly, we were not rewarded for our efforts