The England international grabbed her first goal for the Blues to help overturn a two-goal deficit in Munich, tapping home on the stroke of half-time to make it 2-1.
City struggled to hit our usual standards in the opening 45 amid significant pressure from the hosts, but it was a different story after the break with Carlotta Wamser’s late strike earning a deserved point.
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And Mead feels our second half display can be used as a platform to build on ahead of next Thursday’s European tie with Real Madrid at the Joie Stadium.
Speaking to UEFA after our draw in Munich, she said: “We want to show what we’re about in Europe. We showed that in the second half here, now we need to do it for 90 minutes.
“Obviously, it’s a very different competition compared to domestic football.
“Hopefully we can get up to speed quickly and show what we’re about against [Real] Madrid.”
It took City a while to get going on our return to Champions League action, with Bayern Munich racing into a two-goal lead inside 30 minutes.
Giulia Gwinn grabbed an early opener with a clinical finish on the counter, before an unfortunate Kerstin Casparij own goal made it two before the half-hour mark.
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City would rally after that setback, and Mead explained what she felt turned the game on its head for the WSL champions.
“I think we just needed to match the physicality from Bayern [Munich],” she added.
“We are good on the ball, but we weren’t in the first half.
“I think we needed to look after it better, be on it more, be brave, and I felt we did that better in the second half.”
