Inter Milan reached the semifinals of the Champions League on Wednesday after drawing 2-2 with Bayern Munich to win a pulsating last-eight tie 4-3 on aggregate.

Italian champion Inter will face Barcelona in the semis after goals in the space of three minutes from captain Lautaro Martinez and Benjamin Pavard cancelled out a Harry Kane strike for Bayern which levelled the tie in the 52nd minute.

Eric Dier’s looping header in the 75th minute earned Bayern a draw on the night in soaking and blustery Milan but that wasn’t enough for Vincent Kompany’s side to continue its bid to be crowned the King of Europe for a seventh time.

Simone Inzaghi’s side came through in awful conditions at the San Siro where a combination of heavy rain and driving winds affected both teams’ ability to play their best football, but added uncertainty and tension to an already highly-charged occasion.

Inter is still on for a repeat of the Serie A, Champions League and Italian Cup treble won under Jose Mourinho in 2010, as it is also three points ahead of Napoli in Italy’s top flight and faces AC Milan in the semifinals of the domestic cup.

And Wednesday’s win showed that Inter is more than capable or reaching the final of Europe’s elite club competition, as it did two years ago when it was narrowly beaten by Manchester City.

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Bayern had won all three of its previous Champions League away matches at Inter, but after Pavard crashed home his first goal for the club in the 61st minute, there was no way back for the injury-hit Bundesliga leader.

Inter will also benefit from playing the second leg of its showdown with Barca, which it beat in the semifinals on its way to victory in Madrid 15 years ago, at the San Siro.

Treble dream

The host side didn’t come alive until its fans, who had been sat and stood in silence for the first 20 minutes in protest at ticket prices, burst loudly in song.

By that time, the wind had picked up so much that one Inter cross almost swung back out of the penalty box, but even with the wind in its face, the home side was on the up.

Thuram just failed to get a touch on Francesco Acerbi’s scuffed finish in the 29th minute and moments later, Hakan Calhanoglu crashed a powerful shot just wide of the upright.

Bayern reacted and pushed Inter back into its own area for the final minutes of the opening half, but a combination of the conditions, desperate defending and poor finishing kept the match scoreless at the break.

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Inter started the second half the stronger but Kane levelled the tie with a brilliantly taken goal, shifting onto his right and drilling a low shot through Federico Dimarco’s leg’s and past Yann Sommer.

Just moments before, Kane had rookie Bayern goalkeeper to thank for stopping him from scoring an own goal, but not long afterwards, Martinez re-established Inter’s advantage when he controlled Dimarco’s corner and lashed home.

Pavard decided the tie three minutes later with a bullet header against his former club from another corner, sending the San Siro wild with delight.

That wasn’t it though as Dier moved Bayern back to within a goal of extra-time, but when Sommer smothered Kane’s header in stoppage time, Inter’s treble dream was kept alive.