Bayern Munich vs Man City live score, updates, lineups, and result from Tokyo preseason friendly
Bayern Munich and Manchester City meet in Tokyo in a re-run of last season's Champions League quarterfinal.
City won 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium before prevailing 4-1 on aggregate en route to their maiden triumph in Europe's top competition.
Pep Guardiola and his team extending their 2022/23 campaign into June meant they only played their first preseason friendly last weekend, also in the Japanese capital.
A 5-3 win over J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos featured a second-half brace from Erling Haaland. However, that paled in terms of goalmouth action next to Bayern's opening warmup game — a 27-0 victory over ninth-tier Rottach-Egern back in Germany.
The Sporting News will be following Bayern Munich vs. Manchester City live, providing score updates, commentary, and highlights as they happen.
Starting lineups:
Bayern Munich (formation, right to left): TBC
Man City (formation, right to left): TBC
2 hours to kickoff: Hello and welcome to the Sporting News' live coverage of Bayern Munich vs Manchester City in Tokyo. European champions City prevailed 4-1 on aggregate when the teams met in the Champions League with a little bit more on the line three months ago.
Bayern's wild win over Rottach-Egern will not have provided Tuchel will too much to work with ahead of this encounter and he is still missing veteran duo Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer through injury.
Bayern Munich projected starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Ulreich (GK) — Pavard, Kim, Upamecano, Davies — Laimer, Kimmich — Coman, Musiala, Sane — Gnabry
Guardiola gave a positive update on Kevin De Bruyne's recovery from a hamstring injury but the playmaker is only likely to feature from the bench, if at all.
Ruben Dias, Rodri and Erling Haaland all played the second half of the
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