It was Xabi Alonso's Birthday but Aguero got all the Gifts to help Manchester City

Manchester City secured an important three points at the Etihad Stadium against Bayern Munich to rekindle their hopes of seeing the last 16 of the UCL this term.

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The Etihad stadium came alive after Sergio Aguero was brought down in the box by Benatia who got sent off and reduced to see the visitors reduced to 10-men. The Argentine striker put City ahead scoring from the penalty spot to begin his eventual hatrick.

Before long, Birthday Boy Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski scored to see 10-man Bayern go into the break with a 2-1 lead.

The real drama began when the birthday-boy's pass saw his pass intercepted by Aguero who made no mistake to set the match at per at 85th minute but also benefited from another mistake by Jerome Boateng to secure City's much needed victory.

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Manuel Pellegrini's men will now go into their final game away to Roma level on points with the Italian side and CSKA Moscow, meaning they will qualify if they win and the Russian champions fail to win at Bayern, who were already guaranteed to qualify as Group E winners.