Manchester United are out of the Women's Champions League after Bayern Munich struck twice late on to end the English side's hopes.

Trailing 3-2 from the first leg, an early goal from Melvine Malard gave United hope of a turnaround to reach the semi-finals in their debut season in the competition.

They were much the better side in the first half but Bayern dominated the second, with goals from Glodis Viggosdottir and Linda Dallman in the last 10 minutes settling the tie in the German side's favour.

Victory takes Bayern through to the last four for the third time while Marc Skinner's side have more than three weeks to shake off this painful loss before the focus turns to qualifying for the competition again through the Women's Super League.

United had been aiming to become the first English team to win at Bayern in the competition, and made a flying start at Allianz Arena with Malard forcing a good save from home goalkeeper Ena Mahmutovic after just four minutes.

The visitors remained on the front foot and when Mahmutovic came out to clear Jayde Riviere's ball in behind it bounced off her own defender, leaving Malard to tap into an unguarded net.

Mahmutovic was called into action again soon after to tip Malard's well-struck shot around the post as United continued to threaten.

Bayern gradually grew into the game but were unusually sloppy in possession throughout the first half.

That changed in the second as they ensured the game was played almost exclusively in the United half.

The visitors defended doggedly but it took a smart save from Phallon Tullis-Joyce to keep out former Chelsea striker Pernille Harder after a nice turn in the box.

A goalmouth scramble almost brought the equaliser for Bayern and Millie Turner made a superb block to deny full-back Giulia Gwinn.

But Bayern were relentless and got their reward nine minutes from time as Viggosdottir headed Carolin Simon's corner goalwards and this time Tullis-Joyce could not keep it out.

Three minutes later, Dallman put the result beyond doubt as she fired the ball high into the net after another Viggosdottir header had been cleared off the line by Malard.

Bayern can now look ahead to the semis with three-time winners Barcelona, who lead rivals Real Madrid 6-2 after the first leg of their quarter-final, their likely opponents.

Defeat at Old Trafford last week meant United were always facing an uphill battle against a Bayern side who have not lost a home match since March 2025.

Even with a full-strength squad, overturning a first-leg deficit against the Frauen-Bundesliga champions would have been a tough ask.

As it was, Skinner was only able to name four outfield players on the bench given United's extensive injury list, with key players such as Ella Toone and Elisabeth Terland out.

Not that you would have known it based on the way they began the match.

The intensity shown by the visitors seemed to surprise Bayern and the majority of the club record crowd of 25,000 in Munich.

There was an element of luck to Malard's goal but it was no more than United deserved.

They continued to put Bayern under pressure and, with the hosts' heads still spinning from the away team's ferocious start, United remained the more likely for the vast majority of the first 45 minutes.

Half-time allowed Bayern to recover and regroup, though, and it was a different game after the break as the Red Devils' first-half exertions took their toll.

"We've got 45 minutes of really high-level football and the second half, it's just down to fatigue and tiredness," Skinner told Disney+.

"They've not stopped running. They were doing everything they can.

"Bayern rested seven [players] at the weekend and then came into this game fresh. You could see energy was the difference.

"We knew how to beat Bayern in the first half and we couldn't do it quick enough in the second half."

With England midfielder Georgia Stanway pulling the strings and Dallman, Momoko Tanikawa and Franziska Kett combining nicely behind Harder, a Bayern goal soon seemed inevitable.

Turner and Maya le Tissier led a brave rear-guard action but with Malard, who had caused Bayern such trouble early on, tiring, they could not get out.

That both goals came from set-pieces will frustrate Skinner and his team but the overriding sense will be of what might have been had they had even a couple more options off the bench.

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