The five-time European champions were made to dig deep prior to their breakthrough goal shortly before half time, though they went on to add four more goals to their tally ahead of next month’s needless second leg
Browsing: Bayern Munich
Bayern clocked up a 10th successive Bundesliga win in spite of falling behind to an early Daniel Didavi goal
It was a nightmarish afternoon for the goalkeepers who were at fault for all three goals
Lewandowski, who had missed Bayern’s last match with a knee injury, put Bayern 2-1 ahead with a powerful header in the 63rd minute.
Ribery finished third with 23.36 per cent of the vote, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (27.99 per cent) and Lionel Messi (24.72 per cent), despite having won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup with Bayern that year.
Victory for City in this match will see them equal the record winning run in one of Europe’s top five leagues – Bayern Munich, managed by Pep Guardiola, won 19 consecutively in the 2013/14 season
The win helped Bayern make it eight wins in eight games in all competitions under coach Jupp Heynckes and also open up a six-point lead at the top of the table.
The win helped Bayern make it eight wins in eight games in all competitions under coach Jupp Heynckes and also open up a six-point lead at the top of the table
A record of 28 points from a possible 30 has been matched twice before, but the Citizens’ hugely impressive goal difference of +29 puts them out in front in what has been a truly incredible campaign thus far
The 29-year-old Pole scored in the 2-0 league victory over RB Leipzig on Saturday but limped off on the stroke of halftime with a thigh problem.
The 72-year-old Heynckes led Bayern to the domestic league and Cup double and the Champions League title in 2013, but then had to make way for Spaniard Pep Guardiola
Ancelotti has won 42 of his 60 games in charge of Bayern since arriving at the Allianz Arena in July 2016 but by their own high standards, the German giants have made a poor start to the season
The speculation is over whether Neymar or Edinson Cavani would take the penalty kick if the French club are awarded one during the Group B game at the Parc des Princes.
Now, it has been confirmed that the Bundesliga giants will be without their first-choice stopper until 2018 after he underwent surgery.
The 20-year-old failed to score in 25 appearances for the German giants last season, however, and has been strongly linked with a move away from the Allianz Arena throughout summer’s transfer window.
The 21-year-old was one of the standout performers of pre-season, scoring against Bayern Munich and Benfica, and he puts his fine form down to the hard work he did over the summer.
Chelsea started brightly in the second game of their tour of Asia but they fell behind after just six minutes
Lahm retired in May after winning eight Bundesliga titles, six DFB-Pokal crowns, one Champions League and the 2014 World Cup in an extraordinarily distinguished career.
The right wing-back was in the Blues traveling party that departed the Chinese capital on Saturday after a routine win against Arsenal.
The Gunners played out a 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich in Shanghai on Wednesday before winning 3-2 on penalties.