[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Wednesday] Off to a relatively quiet start to its league season, German champion Bayern Munich needed all of 90 minutes to break downEnglish champion Manchester City in their UEFA Champions League opener, but it was finally rescued when Jerome Boateng, one of five German World Cup championsin the starting lineup, scored his first-ever Champions League to beat his former club, 1-0.

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