Pep Guardiola must win the tug of war for Kyle Walker: Five things we learned as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich in Tokyo
Thomas Tuchel desperately wants to sign the England international, and the defender showed why in Wednesday's friendly between the two clubs
Manchester City maintained their perfect start to pre-season with a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in Tokyo on Wednesday, with Aymeric Laporte netting a late winner.
Pep Guardiola's side were second best during the first half, but led at the break thanks to James McAtee, who was on hand to follow-up a shot from Julian Alvarez that had been well-saved by Yann Sommer.
Bayern looked to have earned a draw when Mathys Tel scored a tap-in from another rebound with just nine minutes remaining, but Laporte — who has been linked with a move away from the Etihad before the close of the summer transfer window — nicked it for City right at the death, when he turned in a cut-back from Phil Foden.
GOAL looks at what we learned during the clash at a sold-out Japan National Stadium...
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