Manchester City took a massive step toward the Semifinals of the Champions League after a superb 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarterfinal at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.

Spanish midfield powerhouse, Rodri broke the deadlock with a fine curling strike for his first Champions League goal on 27 minutes.

Bernardo Silva added a second with a header to dampen Bayern’s resistance in the 70th minute.

Bayern kept on persistently in search of a goal to get themselves back in the contest. However, it was City that snatched a potentially decisive third goal six minutes later through the competition’s top scorer Erling Haaland.

In the other game of the night, Inter Milan put one foot into the Champions League semi-finals with a comfortable 2-0 win at Benfica.

Goals from midfielder Nicolo Barella and Substitute Romelu Lukaku settled the scores in Lisbon as inter head back to Italy with a healthy advantage.