Uefa Champions League
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Fußball Arena München - Munich Wednesday 17 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) FC Bayern München Group E - Matchday 1 Manchester City FC Last updated 29/05/2015 07:14CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 FC Bayern München - Manchester City FC Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Fußball Arena München, Munich Match background For the third year in four, FC Bayern München and Manchester City FC meet in the UEFA Champions League group stage – starting in Munich on matchday one. Previous meetings • City came from two goals down to end Bayern's record ten-game run of UEFA Champions League wins on matchday six last term. It meant the teams finished level on points with Bayern top thanks to their preceding 3-1 win at City. • The lineups for that Munich encounter on 10 December 2013 were: Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Dante, Boateng, Alaba, Thiago, Kroos, Ribéry, Müller, Götze (Martínez 55), Mandžukić (Shaqiri 68). Man City: Hart, Richards (Zabaleta 16), Kolarov, Lescott, Demichelis, Fernandinho, García, Milner, Silva (Negredo 73), Navas, Džeko (Rodwell 88). • City faced Bayern in the group stage of their debut UEFA Champions League campaign in 2011/12, losing 2-0 in Munich but winning 2-0 at home. Bayern won the group, with City third. Match background Bayern • The German title holders made a third consecutive UEFA Champions League semi-final appearance last term, losing to Real Madrid CF. • Bayern eliminated Arsenal (2-0a, 1-1h) in the last 16 and City's neighbours Manchester United FC (1-1a, 3-1h) in the quarter-finals.
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