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Pep Guardiola must win the tug of war for Kyle Walker: Five things we learned as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich in Tokyo

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.

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