James McAtee opened the scoring at the Japan National Stadium while Phil Foden set up a late winner for Aymeric Laporte to make it back-to-back victories in the first two games of the 2023 Asia Tour.
HOW TO FOLLOW CITY’s 2023 ASIA TOUR
Youngsters Rico Lewis and Oscar Bobb also continued their good form and looked more than at home against the German champions.
A number of Academy graduates have also moved on to further their careers after attracting interest from top sides and Guardiola has been hugely impressed by the quality of the young players coming through the Club.
“It’s unbelievable - the guys who are in charge and the recruitment,” he said.
“The new generation is coming and they told me it is really good, there are three or four players that are exceptional.
“We sell a lot, normally with a buyback. To make £80m or £85m just from the Academy is unbelievable.
“That shows how good the club is working. I am pretty sure that one or some of them maybe will be back here with us. [I’m] really pleased.”
City now head to South Korea for our final game of the tour against Atletico Madrid in Seoul on Sunday.
Then a week later the season kicks off with the Community Shield clash with Arsenal at Wembley with the Premier League opener against Burnley the following Friday.
While Guardiola says the squad is not up to full fitness, he says they will be ready for the new campaign and is happy to get through our first games without any fresh injuries.
“The group is ready, no injuries that is good,” he added. “We are not far away but we are not in our best conditions.
“We will play the Community Shield not being in our top, top form. This is normal. We rely on the mentality that we have and the personality that we have.
“We have one week in Manchester to prepare that final and train better than we can here.
“It’s the same as previous seasons. I am happy to play it, that means we won the Premier League. It’s nice. We lost last year, hopefully we can win it.”
WATCH OUR ASIA TOUR MATCHES ON CITY+ OR RECAST
CITY+ and Recast will exclusively show all pre-season tour games live in the UK.
We face Atletico Madrid on 30 July, with fans all over the world (except South Korea) able to watch the action.
CITY+ is also where you will find the entire catalogue of City Studios documentaries and vodcasts.
Watchable through our official website or app*, CITY+ is available via an annual subscription of £34.99 a year, saving you £24 on our monthly offering.
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*Tour matches will not be available to watch on our TV app due to regional restrictions
