Bayern stage late comeback to beat Man Utd & make semis of women's Champions League

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/malard-melvine/C8vohqQm/"]Melvine Malard[/a]'s early goal had the match on track for extra time and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/4EeCFcxJ/"]United[/a] on course to become the first English side to win in Munich.[/p][p]After peppering the United goal since Malard's opener, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/vkjy3nF9/"]Bayern[/a] broke through in emphatic fashion when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/viggosdottir-glodis/MTIvksYF/"]Glodis Viggosdottir[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dallmann-linda/0jQZb8Id/"]Linda Dallmann[/a] both scored inside the final 10 minutes.[/p][p]The result ended United's hopes of a first Champions League semi-final appearance and put Bayern on track for a likely meeting with title favourites [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona-fa/IwJYzl9J/"]Barcelona[/a].[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="41872bf3-2a01-4a46-8b1c-e611e8cfc3fc" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="00e135fe-aacd-4961-86ac-facc94f98943" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Bayern's 3-2 win at Old Trafford, headlined by a double for childhood United fan Pernille Harder, gave the German side the advantage before the second leg, but with 11 minutes gone, Malard made the most of a Bayern defensive mix-up to give United the lead on the night and level up the tie.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/riviere-jayde/IyraEDsm/"]Jayde Riviere[/a] launched a ball upfield, and Bayern keeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mahmutovic-ena/6ZP9BTqI/"]Ena Mahmutovic[/a] failed to clear, allowing Malard to nab the ball and roll it into an empty net.[/b][/p][p]United then held firm despite waves of Bayern pressure.[/p][p]Harder forced a last-ditch save from United goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tullis-joyce-phallon/SCrpYRkp/"]Phallon Tullis-Joyce[/a] early in the second half.[/p][p]Germany captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gwinn-giulia/WxTvJNQe/"]Giulia Gwinn[/a] then went close just inside the final quarter-hour.[/p][p][b]The dam finally broke after 81 minutes when Viggosdottir headed in a rebound from Bayern's 13th corner of the match.[/b][/p][p][b]Bayern took just three minutes to score again and put the result beyond doubt, with Dallmann thumping an excellent effort from the edge of the box past Tullis-Joyce and into the top corner.[/b][/p][p]The win sends Bayern to the semis for the first time since 2021, where they are likely to take on Spanish champions Barcelona, who beat them 7-1 in the group stage.[/p][p]Barcelona have appeared in the past five Champions League finals, winning three. The Catalans destroyed Spanish rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/4xlfVfnP/"]Real Madrid[/a] 6-2 in their opening quarter-final leg, with the return match on Thursday.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bayern-munich-vkjy3nF9/manchester-utd-4EeCFcxJ/?mid=G6WyrbR7"]Click here for more on the match[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="d78dddc3-4f93-4904-b494-a6b36a2470cc" url="https://x.com/FCBfrauen/status/2039417428178882989" social-type="twitter" /]