Last season, Bayern Munich suffered a humiliating defeat to Man City in the European Cup 1 and then stopped in the quarter-finals. Returning to the summer of 2023, the "Gray Tigers" started their tour with a friendly match against Man City in Tokyo (Japan) and surely coach Tuchel and his team want to win to "pay back that debt".

For their part, Man City are full of excitement after their historic “treble” last season. After a break, coach Pep Guardiola’s team quickly impressed with a 5-3 victory in a recent friendly against Yokohama of Japan.

Man City “shows off” their historic achievements last season. Photo: Man City FC

Due to the nature of a friendly match, the starting lineups of both teams included many young faces. However, the heat of the match soon appeared because it was the young players who needed to “score points” with the coach.

Bayern Munich had more chances. For example, goalkeeper Ederson had to save Musiala's close-range shot or Leroy Sane's excellent free-kick hit the Man City crossbar.

However, Man City scored first. In the 21st minute, from Rico Lewis's dribbling effort, Julian Alvarez fired a close-range shot. Goalkeeper Yann Sommer tried to block but could not stop young talent McAtee from scoring the rebound.

The two teams brought the audience an exciting, high-speed match. Photo: Man City FC
Man City won a narrow last-minute victory over Bayern Munich. Photo: Man City FC

The second half started similarly to the first, with Bayern Munich taking the initiative to attack. This was natural given that they were behind. The Bundesliga champions' efforts to press the pitch were rewarded in the 81st minute, when young star Mathys Tel scored a close-range rebound to level the game.

However, the joy of the “Gray Tigers” only lasted exactly 5 minutes. Accordingly, in the 86th minute, Aymeric Laporte put his name on the scoreboard, thereby helping Man City once again take the lead.

In the end, Man City won 2-1 against Bayern Munich. So the German team still cannot "pay back the debt" to the representative of the Premier League.

TRAN ANH

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