LIVE updates: Kyle Walker starts and captains Manchester City against Bayern Munich amid links to German giants
Manchester City continue their preparations for the new season with a clash against European heavyweights Bayern Munich this morning.
Pep Guardiola's treble winners are in the midst of a tour of Asia ahead of a Community Shield showdown with Arsenal next month.
City will play the second part of a Japanese double header against Bayern just days after a 5-3 win over local side Yokohama F. Marinos.
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9' — McAtee takes but it's a poor ball that only just reaches the edge of the 18-yard-box.
The Bayern defence clear it easily.
8' — Grealish wanders down the left flank.
He gets past one before Kimmich bundles him to the ground.
Free-kick to come...
7' — First signs of life from Bayern.
Sane drifts into the middle of the pitch, spots Gnabry's run and slides a pass through.
The German gets a toe to the ball, but Ederson is quick to gather.
5' — Bernardo slips Lewis in down the right.
The young man gets to the byline and plays a pass into the area.
McAtee cleverly touches it off for Stones and he strikes wide with a side-footed effort from the edge of the box.
4' — As you would probably expect, City are totally dominating possession.
Lewis is looking particularly lively so far.
2' — It appears City are playing with a back four, as opposed to the back three with inverted full-back.
Lewis and Kovacic are playing together as the midfield duo, with McAtee operating just ahead of them.
We are underway, with City kicking from right to left.
Walker exchanges pennants with his potential future teammate Kimmich and the teams separate into their respective halves.
The teams are out and we are moments away from getting underway.
We are only five minutes away from the game getting underway.
The teams are in the
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