LONDON, July 21: An outstanding goal from the captain Vincent Kompany secured a win over Besiktas as Manchester City wrapped up their pre-season training camp in Vienna with a 2-0 victory on Friday.City came under sustained pressure from their Turkish opponents in the first-half, but emerged on top as Sergio Aguero curled in the opener moments before the break.

But it was the uncharacteristic sight of Kompany sprinting forward to latch on to Adam Johnson’s through-ball and chip the goalkeeper that stood out after the break.

The sides were barely distinguishable as City chose to wear their new maroon away kit against Besiktas’s all-red, but the Istanbul side made themselves known with a series of dangerous attacks.

Ugur Boral fired over after Mustafa Pektemek drew Costel Pantilimon off his line before the goalkeeper made a fine point-blank save from Manuel Fernandes.

Elsewhere, Bayern Munich fell 3-2 to Napoli in the final match of the Bavarians’ pre-season training camp on the banks of Lake Garda in Italy.

Young Austrian David Alaba opened the scoring for beaten Champions League finalists Bayern in the 17th minute, with Paolo Cannavaro equalising shortly before half-time.

New signing Xherdan Shaqiri equalised for Bayern after Macedonian striker Goran Pandev had put Napoli 2-1 up, only for 21-year-old forward Lorenzo Insigne to claim the winner for the Italians with seven minutes remaining.—Agencies

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