Normal service has been resumed in Germany. It has in the Champions League, too, given Bayern Munich are in the quarter-finals for a sixth consecutive year. If they treat Inter with the same disdain they showed Bayer Leverkusen, whose brief spell as domestic kryptonite appears to be comprehensively over, then they may move closer to winning the trophy on home soil in May. They never looked like losing even a fraction of the three-goal lead amassed in the first leg and could count once again on Harry Kane, whose simple opener and subsequent assist for Alphonso Davies floored a weakened Leverkusen.

The home side could point to the absence of Florian Wirtz, whose next action in this competition will come in Bayern’s colours if his suitors have their way. The playmaker’s weekend injury meant that, to all intents and purposes, dreams of a comeback were over as soon as they had begun. Not even Xabi Alonso’s magic touch could compensate and a team that had outplayed Bayern here in the Bundesliga last month looked bereft of confidence here.