Pep Guardiola’s City reign begins with defeat to old club Bayern as Antonio Conte’s Chelsea find scoring touch
Serial trophy winner Pep Guardiola began his reign as Manchester City boss with defeat after a youthful side lost 1-0 to his former club Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena last night.
Goalkeeper Willy Caballero was called upon numerous times in the first half to keep a Franck Ribery-inspired Bayern at bay but despite improving in the second period City were sunk by an Erdal Ozturk strike in the 76th minute.
The midfielder, a close season recruit from Hoffenheim, proved the match-winner as his deflected shot, which clipped the heel of ex-Arsenal full-back Gael Clichy, deceived substitute stopper Angus Gunn.
Antonio Conte, meanwhile, recorded his first victory in charge of Chelsea after the Blues thrashed RZ Pellets 3-0 in Austria courtesy of goals from Bertrand Traore, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Nathaniel Chalobah.
“I wanted to see the improvement on our idea of football. I received a good answer,” said Conte, whose side lost their opening match of pre-season against Rapid Vienna on Saturday.
“Tt’s important to have this habit for everyone’s mentality.”
Liverpool were also winners after overcoming Championship outfit Huddersfield Town 2-0. A first-half strike from Serbia youngster Marko Grujic was added to by Alberto Moreno with a last-gasp penalty.
West Ham were thumped 3-0 by Russian side Rubin Kazan.