Manchester City's Dzeko fights for the ball against Bayern Munich's Badstuber during their Champions League Group A soccer match at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.Reuters
Manchester City's Dzeko fights for the ball against Bayern Munich's Badstuber during their Champions League Group A soccer match at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Silva celebrates scoring during their Champions League Group A soccer match against Bayern Munich at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Toure celebrates scoring with Silva against Bayern Munich during their Champions League Group A soccer match in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Toure shoots to score during their Champions League Group A soccer match against Bayern Munich at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Aguero reacts during their Champions League Group A soccer match against Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Kompany challenges Bayern Munich's Olic during their Champions League Group A soccer match at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Silva celebrates scoring during their Champions League Group A soccer match against Bayern Munich at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Dzeko is challenged by Bayern Munich's Contento during their Champions League Group A soccer match at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersManchester City's Clichy challenges Bayern Munich's Usami during their Champions League Group A soccer match at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.ReutersBayern Munich's Chief Executive Rummenigge applauds ahead of their Champions League Group A soccer match against Manchester City at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.Reuters
Roberto Mancini's boys' hopes of entering the knockout stages of Champions League were shattered on Wednesday night as they had to bow out even after a victory over Bayern Munich.
A 2-0 win over Bayern in the Etihad stadium could not see them through to the next stage with Napoli beating Villarreal at El Madrigal. Now Manchester City fans have to be satisfied with the team playing in the Europa League along with Manchester United.
Silva scored the first goal for the City on 37 minutes leaving Butt's attempt to halt it in vain. Yaya Toure scored the second goal on 51 minutes leading the team to victory.
"We're disappointed not to be in the Champions League any more but next year we want to be better. We can learn as a team. This is normal, it's our first time and we got a tough group," the Sun has reported Mancini, City manager, as saying.
Bayern Munich will now be playing in the last 16 of the Champions League which include Chelsea and Arsenal.
