UCL: Tuchel shown red as Bayern bow out; Man City, Inter reach semifinals

Thomas Tuchel was shown a red card after he reacted angrily during Bayern Munich’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City in a Champions League clash on Wednesday night.

Tuchel was looking to overturn a 3-0 deficit as Bayern had been thrashed so by City at Etihad Stadium in the first leg of the quarter-finals tie.

But the German Champions were frustrated at home, with the English side advancing to the semifinals of the competition with a 4-1 aggregate victory.

Tuchel, who had earlier been booked, reacted angrily to an Aymeric Laporte foul and was shown his second yellow of the match in the dying minutes.

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Pep Guardiola’s City have now set up a semifinal tie against Spanish champions Real Madrid.

Elsewhere, Inter Milan set up a meeting with their city rivals, AC Milan after they saw off Benfica in their own quarterfinal tie.

At the San Siro, Inter played a thrilling 3-3 draw with Portugal’s Benfica, who gave their all on the night before bowing out of the competition.

Inter had won the first leg of the tie 2-0, and advanced to the last four with a 5-3 aggregate victory.

They battle Milan for a spot in the final.

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