Breaking News – Bayern Munich 2-3 Manchester City: Riyad Mahrez suffers injury

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So, these kids are all right and their futures at Manchester City ought to be bright. It’s been a tour where Pep Guardiola has missed the vast majority of his main men but learned a great deal about those here.Eric Garcia, Lukas Nmecha and Douglas Luiz leave America with their reputations significantly enhanced. Phil Foden and Brahim Diaz enjoyed their best games for the first team as City beat Bayern Munich after falling two goals behind.Riyad Mahrez hobbling off midway through the first half was the only blemish in Miami and his ankle injury will be assessed in the coming days. Yet it was a night where the teenagers shone and were led by Mahrez’s replacement, Bernardo Silva, who scored either side of the break. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Premier League clubs will smash the £1bn mark on transfers… Play 11 games and win the title and World Cup? Yes, I’ll… ‘The first few months were the toughest of my life’: David… Share this article Share MATCH FACTS  Bayern: Ulreich, Wagner (Zirkzee 70), Ribery (Zylla 85), Robben, Rafinha (Gnabry 46), Alaba, Will (Johansson 76), Coman, Meier, Richards, ShabaniGoals: Shabani 15, Robben 24City: Bravo, Laporte (Gomes 67), Mahrez (B Silva 28), Zinchenko, Soares, Nmecha, Foden (Garre 86), Garcia, Diaz (Harrison 67), Bolton (Bernabe 66), HumphreysGoals: B Silva 45 & 70, Nmecha 51 Silva needed a performance like this, where he took control of proceedings and made a real meaningful contribution as the senior star. To put that into the context, Silva is 23.He was aided quite brilliantly. Foden finished the first half with a 100 per cent pass completion. Garcia, 17, marshalled the back three with maturity and produced one piece of fine last-ditch defending when Sandro Wagner was primed to prod in.There was even time for the introduction of Adrian Bernabe, a second-half substitute and key in Silva’s winner. Bernabe, again only 17, has signed from Barcelona and refuses to waste the ball. He has looked supremely confident in training this week and that continued during this cameo.Now how many of these players make it at City remains to be seen. The critics will say not many and recent history would suggest they could be correct. But some of these lads have a real chance. They started brightly in defeats by Dortmund and Liverpool and that was the case again. There was a zest to these youngsters, all playing through Mahrez. Nmecha twice went close after being fed by the £60million record signing, the first crashed into the goalkeeper on his left foot, and the second kissing the back post on his right.Foden will be rightly satisfied with himself. One passage of play, when he spun on an aerial ball to jink clear of a marker on halfway and then set Luke Bolton away – all in one fell swoop – was majestic. Unfortunately for Foden, Bolton overran the ball when clean through.But the greater experience of Bayern was telling, Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery’s influence growing. Sloppy midfield play allowed

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