Pep Guardiola’s first game in charge of Manchester City will go down as a defeat, not that the result mattered much.
As the Spaniard mentioned in his brief post-match interview, there were plenty of positive aspects in the City performance; they pressed incredibly well, brought the ball out well from the back and had many promising displays from the young players who took to the field.
Erdal Ozturk’s late deflected strike gave the hosts the win, but City have no real reason to be disheartened – after all it is early days in the Guardiola era and they played a team who had a lot of the first-team players on display.
It’s also worth noting that Bayern have already been in action in pre-season, while this was City’s first fixture.
It’s rather difficult to evaluate the performances of those in sky blue with it being a pre-season game, but we’ve provided our customary player ratings anyway.
