Allianz Arena, Munich- 10 December, 2013
Bayern themselves won't be keen on giving out any points against Man
City, especially as Pep Guardiola's men are playing in front of their
home crowd. The Bavarian themselves will be chasing a perfect group
stage record that should bolster their confidence for a much challenging
knock out stages in 2014. This midweek battle should still spark many
quality football as both teams are still chasing for three points.
Man
City eventually coming up with all three points from that encounter as
they proved their quality by overcoming such a strong opponent like
Bayern Munich. The away side were forced to come back from two goals
down as their Bavarians opponent got in front first through Thomas
Muller after just five minutes of play, things got even more comfortable
for the Bundesliga outfit when Mario Goetze bagged his team's second on
12 minutes.
Manchester City managed to pull one goal back during the first
45 minutes through David Silva and they finally got back on level terms
on 59 minutes from Alexandre Kolarov's spot kick, before James Milner
turned things around for the away side. Despite winning , Manuel
Pellegrini's men remained as runners up behind Bayern as the German side
are still ahead on head to head count.
Bayern Munich 2-3 Manchester City (Group D):
6′ 1-0 Müller T. // 12′ 2-0 Götze M. // 28′ 2-1 Silva D // 59′ 2-2 Kolarov A. // 63′ 2-3 Milner J.
