Late Bayern goal stuns Manchester City

Jerome Boateng has struck a last-minute goal for five-time European champions Bayern Munich in a 1-0 win over Manchester City while 2012 winners Chelsea were held by Schalke in Anglo-German duels in the Champions League.

Also on Wednesday, Roma were rampant in a 5-1 defeat of CSKA Moscow while Yacine Brahimi scored a hat-trick as Porto went a goal better with a 6-0 hammering of BATE Borisov.

Four-time champions Barcelona meanwhile began their campaign with a 1-0 defeat of APOEL Nicosia, and Paris St Germain settled for a 1-1 draw at Ajax.

Maribor and Sporting Lisbon drew 1-1, while Athletic Bilbao and Shakhtar Donetsk finished goalless.

Bayern, the 2012-2013 Champions League winners, were up against familiar foes in Manchester City in a tight Group E game at the Allianz Arena.

City lost 2-0 in Munich in 2011 but enjoyed a 3-2 win in the stadium last season.

This time, it was Bayern’s Germany defender Boateng, a former City player, who made the difference with a strike into the roof of the net in the last-minute.

City failed to clear a deep Philipp Lahm cross and Boateng lashed a shot which took a deflection off a Bayern player on the way past keeper Joe Hart.

In the same group, Roma raced into a four-goal halftime lead against CSKA Moscow with Juan Iturbe, Maicon and two from former Arsenal forward Gervinho. An own goal from Sergei Ignashevich made it five before a late consolation from Ahmed Musa.

In Group G, Chelsea, with Didier Drogba starting and Diego Costa on the bench, were held by Schalke, the team they twice beat 3-0 in last season’s group stage.

Cesc Fabregas looked to have won the ball with a foul on Max Meyer before combining with Eden Hazard to put Chelsea ahead in the 11th minute.

But the Bundesliga side came away with a point with a goal on the break after Fabregas was dispossessed and Julian Draxler fed Klaas Jan Huntelaar, for the Dutch striker to finish in the 62nd minute.

With Borussia Dortmund beating Arsenal 2-0 on Tuesday, the Bundesliga has the better of the week’s three Champions League Anglo-German duels, with two victories and a draw.

Also in Group G, former Manchester United winger Nani scored 10 minutes from time for Sporting Lisbon at Slovenian outfit Maribor, but the home side snatched a draw with a last-minute Luka Zahovic goal.

A first-half Edison Cavani strike put Paris St Germain ahead at Ajax in Group F but the Dutch side levelled with an Lasse Schoene free-kick in the 74th minute.

In the same group Barcelona defeated APOEL 1-0 courtesy of a 24th-minute Gerard Pique header from a Lionel Messi free-kick.

Porto thrashed Belarussia’s BATE 6-0 in Group H thanks to three-goal Algerian winger Brahimi and goals from Jackson Martinez, Adrian Lopez and Vincent Aboubakar.

Athletic Bilbao and Shakhtar Donetsk played out a goalless draw in the same group.