Manchester City vs Bayern Munich: Infographic
Published: 25th March 2025
While Bayern Munich have secured their place in the Champions League knockout stage for yet another season, Manchester City find themselves fighting for European survival. Today we present our Manchester City vs Bayern Munich Infographic.
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Man City vs Bayern Munich Match Preview
by Graham Ruthven
When Manchester City were drawing up plans for their new training campus, club officials paid a visit to Bayern Munich. They noted how the German giants use cutting-edge sport science and analytics, but perhaps they should have asked to see their blueprint for European success.
The two sides clash on Tuesday, with City in desperate need of a win to keep their Champions League hopes alive. Anything less than three points against Pep Guardiola's side will likely send the Premier League champions crashing out of the competition.
City's perennial struggles in the competition are hard to explain. While they are a swaggering, formidable outfit domestically City seem to have something of an inferiority complex on the continent. Even after four seasons in the competition, Man City are a Champions League club in name only.
Conversely, Bayern are everything City aren't right now. They are the epitome of a footballing powerhouse, reaching the Champions League semi-finals in four, and the final in three, of the last five seasons. If City see themselves as belonging to the very top tier of European competition, Bayern Munich is the kind of teams they must beat.
What’s The Problem With City?
So why have City toiled so badly? Is there something inherently flawed about the club that renders them second-rate when it comes to the Champions League?
Pellegrini, whose tactical stubbornness has become something of an issue for City, must shoulder some of the blame. The Chilean's reluctance to shift from his favoured 4-4-2 formation has restricted City's flexibility and pliancy at a level where both qualities are prerequisites.
In both games against CSKA Moscow City seemed almost complacent, as if playing with the assumption that goals would come simply by turning up against the Russians.
Such mental carelessness shouldn't be an issue against Bayern. City are well aware of the task they now face to make the last 16, and should their best players find top form – which hasn't been the case very often this season – they have the quality to topple the Bundesliga behemoths.
The Matchup
However, at a time when Pellegrini's side are struggling for creativity and invention in midfield City will be without their playmaker-in-chief David Silva,
