Sadio Mane and Matthijs de Ligt scored debut goals as Bayern Munich hit DC United for six in a pre-season friendly at Audi Field.

DC United 2-6 Bayern Munich
Goals: 0-1 Mane (pen. 5'), 0-2 Sabitzer (assist: Gnabry) 12', 0-3 Gnabry (assist: Mane) 43', 0-4 de Ligt (assist: Müller) 47', 0-5 Zirkzee (assist: Coman) 50', 1-5 Simonsen 54', 2-5 Ku-Dipietro (83'), 2-6 Müller (assist: Gravenberch) 90'+1

The match - Bayern's first of two pre-season friendlies as part of their summer US tour - was only five minutes old when Mane opened his account. Teenaged forward Lucas Copado went to ground in the penalty box under Donovan Pines's challenge, and the new Bayern No.17 dispatched his spot-kick with aplomb. Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sane combined to set up Marcel Sabitzer for an arrowed finish from 18 yards, before record champions Bayern added a third. African Player of the Year 2022 candidate Mane, having provided the cross for Gnabry's deflected strike, then had two goals ruled out for offside in a one-sided end to the first half.

Julian Nagelsmann rotated his entire starting line-up at the break, with Thomas Müller and new signing de Ligt among the introductions. The duo combined for Bayern's fourth, with de Ligt thumping in from close range after Müller had flicked on a Joshua Kimmich corner. Müller was the catalyst for the next goal with a cross that Kingsley Coman calmly cut back for Joshua Zirkzee to sweep in. Skage Simonsen pulled one back when de Ligt's attempted clearance came back off the upright, before Sven Ulreich thwarted Pines and Bayern debutant Ryan Gravenberch ballooned over. DC's Ted Ku-Dipietro further reduced the arrears, but Müller had the final say with a smart finish to Gravenberch's eye-of-the-needle assist.

Match stats

• Six different players scored for Bayern.
• Mane managed 45 minutes on his Bayern debut, while de Ligt enjoyed a 20-minute cameo.
• Summer signing Noussair Mazraoui also made his first appearance for Bayern.
• Four Bayern teenagers featured: Paul Wanner (16), Gabriel Vidovic (18), Copado (18) and David Herold (19).
• The fixture was the first of the post-Robert Lewandowski era at Bayern that saw the striker score 344 goals in 375 appearances.
• Bayern play Manchester City, coached by former boss Pep Guardiola, in Green Bay at the weekend.

Teams

Bayern: Neuer (c) (Ulreich 46') - Mazraoui (Pavard 46'), Upamecano (Hernandez 46'), Nianzou (de Ligt 46') (Herold 73'), Davies (Stanisic 46') - Sabitzer (Gravenberch 46') - Sane (Wanner), Gnabry (Müller 46'), Vidovic (Kimmich 46'), Mane (Zirkzee 46') - Copado (Coman 46')
Unused subs: Mayer, Fein
Out: Goretzka (knee)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann

DC United: Kempin (Jacomen 71') - Samake (Hines-Ike 46'), Birnbaum (c) (Estrada 46'), Pines (Simonsen 46') (Alfaro 75'), Najar (Djeffal 46') - Canouse (Guediri 46'), Nyeman (Durkin 46'), Hopkins (Odoi-Atsen 46') (Skundrich 75') K. Smith (Ku-Dipietro 46'), Berry (Freeman 46'), Robertha (Zanne 46')
Unused subs: Greene
Out: Hamid (finger), Perez (foot), B. Smith (cruciate ligament)
Coach: Wayne Rooney

As it happened!

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