Guardiola's Manchester City reign starts with Bayern Munich defeat

Munich - Pep Guardiola's reign as Manchester City boss started with a 1-0 defeat in a friendly against his former club Bayern Munich on Wednesday in a game watched by 68,000 fans.

Erdal Ozturk scored the only goal of the game in the 76th minute although both sides were under-strength and under-cooked at the Allianz Arena with many of the leading players enjoying longer summer vacations following Euro 2016 and the Copa America Centenario.

"I had a special feeling - it was like coming home once again," Guardiola, who has been replaced at Bayern by Carlo Ancelotti, said after the match.

"I had three really great years here and it was great to come back. You've got a great manager and so many great players and I'm going to enjoy your matches on TV - all the best."

Belgium international Vincent Kompany was an unused substitute for Manchester City after recovering from the thigh surgery which kept out of Euro 2016.