Bayern Munich vs. Manchester City: CONFIRMED teams, match stats and LIVE blog!
Bayern Munich lost their final friendly as part of their summer 2022 US tour to a debut goal from Manchester City's Erling Haaland.
As it happened!
Bayern: Neuer (c) - Pavard, Upamecano, Hernandez, Davies - Kimmich, Sabitzer - Sane, Müller, Coman - Gnabry
Man City: Ederson - Cancelo, Wilson-Esbrand, Dias, Ake - Rodrigo, De Bruyne (c), Bernardo - Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish
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Bayern kicked off their Audi Summer Tour to the USA in some style with a 6-2 thrashing of DC United on Wednesday evening. And it took Mane just five minutes to net his first goal for the club since his switch from Liverpool, hammering home a penalty to open the scoring. Marcel Sabitzer and Serge Gnabry also got on the scoresheet in the first half as Julian Nagelsmann trialled a new formation with a fluid front three, following the departure of striker Robert Lewandowski. Among the raft of changes made for the second half, the club’s latest arrival, Matthijs de Ligt, was also handed a debut, only he netted inside 100 seconds with a well struck volley from a corner. The Dutch defender got just half an hour after all his travelling, but will be hoping for more in this second and final friendly. Mane won't be featuring in this game, however, having returned to Munich after picking up the African Player of the Year award in Morocco on Thursday. Bayern themselves head back home after this match to begin preparing for the season-opening Supercup against RB Leipzig the following Saturday.
Haaland didn’t feature in Man City’s opening tour game as they beat Club America 2-1 in Houston thanks to a brace from ex-Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen man Kevin de Bruyne. The Norwegian striker, who left Borussia Dortmund this summer, would probably have hoped to make his debut in blue against another club, having lost all seven of his competitive appearances to Bayern thus far in his career. The champions of England are without several key players on this tour, including Germany international Ilkay Gündogan, but do boast another summer arrival from the Bundesliga in goalkeeper Stefan Ortega from Arminia Bielefeld. Ex-Bayern boss Pep Guardiola’s only previous encounters with his former club came in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals with Barcelona. It all makes for a special occasion as the 81,000-capacity Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers, hosts a soccer match for the first time.
Watch: Highlights of Bayern's first tour win over DC United
Match stats
- Mane has 10 goals from 19 appearances against City, including a hat-trick for Southampton and a brace in last season’s FA Cup semi-final victory for Liverpool.
- Bayern hold the historical advantage over English opposition in European competition with 27 wins to 18 defeats (D16).
- Six of those games were against Man City, with three wins apiece but 10 Bayern goals to City’s nine.
- Leroy Sane made 134 competitive appearances for the Citizens, scoring 37 times and winning two English Premier League titles.
- Guardiola spent three years in charge of Bayern, winning the Bundesliga title each season. His average of 2.41 points per game at the helm trails only Hansi Flick and Jupp Heynckes’s records.
- Haaland got five of his 85 goals from only 88 Dortmund appearances against Bayern, but lost all seven games against them.
CONFIRMED teams
Bayern: Neuer (c) - Pavard, Upamecano, Hernandez, Davies - Kimmich, Sabitzer - Sane, Müller, Coman - Gnabry
Subs: Ulreich, Mayer, de Ligt, Wanner, Nianzou, Vidovic, Zirkzee, Gravenberch, Mazraoui, Musiala, Fein, Stanisic, Copado, Herold
Out: Goretzka (knee), Mane (returned to Munich)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann
Man City: Ederson - Cancelo, Wilson-Esbrand, Dias, Ake - Rodrigo, De Bruyne (c), Bernardo - Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish
Subs: Ortega, Carson, Walker, Phillips, Alvarez, Kayky, Delap, Bobb, Mbete, Palmer, Lewis, McAtee, Burns, Knight
Out: Foden (not included), Gündogan (not included), Laporte (match fitness), Stones (not included)
Coach: Pep Guardiola
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