In a goal made by our Academy, James McAtee opened the scoring midway through the first half after excellent work from Rico Lewis in the build up.
After Mathys Tel had equalised for the Bundesliga champions in the 81st minute, City responded through Aymeric Laporte to seal a second victory in as many games in Japan.
It was again a sold-out crowd at the Japan National Stadium for this meeting of two European heavyweights, just three days after attracting a capacity crowd to the same venue for our 5-3 win over Yokohama F. Marinos.
In fact, the 65,049 packed into the arena set a new record attendance for football at the National Stadium, opened in 2019.
We'll now move on to the South Korean capital of Seoul to face Atletico Madrid at 12:00 (UK) on Sunday.
WHAT HAPPENED
Both sides named strong lineups, with Bayern only making two changes from the side that lost at the Etihad Stadium in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final last season. There were five changes to City's side from that April tie.
Donning the freshly released electric-feel PUMA third kit for the 2023/24 season, City had all the possession in the opening stages.
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