"Bayern immediately hit the front, with Harder racing onto Arianna Caruso's throughball and holding off Maya Le Tissier to slot her shot past Phallon Tullis-Joyce into the bottom-right corner inside two minutes."
"After a quiet start to the second, Harder raced through the wide-open United defence again 71 minutes in, escaping Le Tissier and picking out the bottom corner."
"However, it was Tanikawa - fresh from winning the Women's Asian Cup with Japan - who proved the difference in the first leg as she curled a long-range strike past Tullis-Joyce with six minutes remaining."
"Indeed, it was also their first away knockout-stage win in the competition since the 2020-21 quarter-finals vs Rosengard."
Bayern Munich secured a 3-2 victory over Manchester United in the first leg of the Women's Champions League quarter-finals. Bayern took an early lead through Harder, but United equalized with a penalty from Le Tissier. Harder scored again, but United responded with a goal from Lundkvist. Tanikawa's late strike sealed the win for Bayern. This match marked Bayern's first away knockout-stage win since the 2020-21 season, ending a streak of four consecutive defeats against English teams.
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