Noel Gallagher backs Man City to emulate Man Utd after Haaland fires Pep’s men into Bayern lead

Robin Bairner

• Updated: 12 Apr 2023 08:00 BST
• 3 min read

Manchester City took a huge step towards the Champions League semi-finals as they defeated Bayern Munich 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday – and now Noel Gallagher has backed them to emulate Manchester United’s 1999 achievement by winning the treble.

Rodri opened the scoring with a long-range shot midway through the first half before strikes from Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland appear to have Pep Guardiola’s side with one foot in the final four.

It was a dominant performance from City, who are also odds-on favourites to win the Premier League, despite facing a six-point deficit to Arsenal, albeit with a game in hand.

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Celebrity fan Noel Gallagher, a former member of Oasis, is backing the team to go all the way, having been left impressed with the quality of performance against Bayern.

Speaking to Talksport, he explained: “It looks like the players have flipped a switch now.

“And looking in from the outside, it looks like the players have now said about the Champions League, ‘We’re going to go win it this year, this is it.

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“And I’ve noticed, this huddle thing that we go into after we score and before we kick-off, I’ve never seen that before.

“It looks like a flip has been switched and we’re in trophy mode now, and from watching the games against Southampton and Liverpool, it looks like they are super, super focused now, and it’s real now.”

Can Man City win the treble?

Asked if it’s possible that Man City replicate Man Utd’s legendary 1999 treble, he said: “You better believe it! Because we’ve got Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-final, probably Brighton [who play Man United] in the final if we get there.

“And then hopefully Chelsea will somehow jam it against Real Madrid and then we’ll annihilate them and play Benfica if they somehow manage to jam it into the final.

“But in all seriousness though, these are the moments you live for as a football fan, we’ve got potentially 15/16 games left, all finals. This could be it.

“It’s real, they can do it from here. Because no one has spoken about it for the last four months when usually it’s about the quadruple and all this kind of thing.

“Now all of a sudden, it’s like: ‘Ooh hang on a minute, we’re still in for this treble here,’ and actually watching that tonight, I wouldn’t bet against it.”