Goals from James Mcatee and Aymeric Laporte handed Manchester City a second successive pre-season win, with a first half strike seeing off German giants Bayern Munich in a 2-1 victory.
McAtee converted from just a yard or so out after some brilliant work from Rico Lewis down the right, with Julian Alvarez’s close-range shot deflected into the youngster’s path.
Bayern left it late, but looked to have drawn themselves level again on the 83rd minute through substitute Mathys Tel, who was on hand after Ederson‘s brilliant point blank save off Leon Goretzka.
That parity lasted just four minutes, though, with Laporte firing home emphatically from inside the box after some good work from Foden inside the area to restore the lead.
Bayern threatened a number of times on the counter, with the frightening pace of attacking trio Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane and Kingsley Coman proving dangerous.
James McAtee put Manchester City ahead inside 22 minutes with a close-range finish
Sane in particular came closest for the German champions in the opening 45 minutes, with a brilliant knuckle-ball free-kick clattering into the crossbar, with Ederson stranded on his line and fortunate the effort was off target.
The Brazilian stopper was called into action on a number of occasions toward the end of the first half, with Koman and Jamal Musiala coming close to an equaliser, but the Treble-winners held on to their lead by the interval.
The German champions then made 11 changes at the break, with eight from City, as the game lost the rhythm and tempo it had managed to sustain in an entertaining first half.
Frans Kratzig impressed for Thomas Tuchel’s side off the bench, showing great energy to get up and down the left-hand side and help out at the back with the threat of Erling Haaland after the break, with Oscar Bobb marking out his credentials for Pep Guardiola’s Treble-winners.
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