Manchester City defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 on Wednesday, their second win of a preseason tour in Japan, thanks to goals from James McAtee and Aymeric Laporte.
Mathys Tel scored for Bayern, who fell 4-1 on aggregate against City in the Champions League quarterfinals last season.
Pep Guardiola’s players eventually won the title for the first time, defeating Inter Milan 1-0 in the final last month in Istanbul to complete a historic treble.
In the sweltering heat of Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, the two European heavyweights spent the first quarter of an hour sizing each other up with the English side emerging victorious.
Before returning to England to face Arsenal in the Community Shield, City will play Atletico Madrid in Seoul on Sunday.
After playing Kawasaki Frontale of the J-League in Tokyo on Saturday, Bayern will travel to Singapore to play Liverpool.
