City’s heroics not enough to blow Bayern off top spot

Bayern Munich 2 Manchester City 3

Both sides had already qualified for the knockout stages before this match and for second-placed City to overhaul defending champions Bayern and secure first position, it required them to win with a better scoreline than 3-1 – that by which the German outfit beat them at the Etihad Stadium.

It appeared an unlikely prospect before the game and a virtual impossibility soon after kick-off as Bayern ripped through a helpless-looking City defence and raced into a 2-0 lead, with Thomas Muller striking in the fifth minute and Mario Gotze in the 12th.