Former Manchester City player Jerome Boateng scored a stunning late volley to break City hearts at the Allianz Arena in their opening Champions League game.
The ball fell to Boateng after City had failed to clear a Bayern cross and he struck a wonderful volley to beat Joe Hart after he had pulled off a number of saves to keep the German Champions at bay.
Hart produced saves from Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze and David Alaba in the first half as well as doing well to force Robert Lewandowski wide in a one-on-one situation in the first half in a stellar performance from the England number one.
City had chances of their own and had a good claim for a penalty turned down when David Silva went down in the box under a challenge from Mehdi Benatia.
The Premier League Champions could have fallen behind inside the first minute when Muller was played through and rounded Hart but he could only put the ball into the side netting.
Hart saved a deflected shot from Gotze midway through the half and not long later denied Alaba's stinging effort from outside the area. City rarely threatened but Edin Dzeko come close when he curled a shot just wide of Manuel Neuer's post.
City were resilient in the second half and managed to keep Bayern at an arms length for the majority of the half, as Hart once again pulled off a save to deny Boateng.
The fatal blow was struck a minute before the end of normal time as the ball dropped to Boateng on the edge of the box and he struck a volley that replays appeared to show took a big deflection off Mario Gotze that flew past Hart and sent Pep Guardiola into delirium.
City did have a chance to nick an equaliser in the final minute of stoppage time as substitute Sergio Aguero outpaced Dante to poke the ball at goal but it rolled agonisingly wide.
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