Carlos Tevezs career at Manchester City was hanging by a thread and Manchester Uniteds defence was full of holes on a poor night for both English clubs in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Argentine angered coach Roberto Mancini after refusing to come off the bench in a 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich that leaves City struggling in Group A in their first venture in the Champions League.
Manchester United are still looking for their first win in Group C after squandering a two-goal lead to Swiss club FC Basel,eventually drawing 3-3 after a late equaliser by Ashley Young.
After two draws they are in third place,two points behind Basel and Portuguese side Benfica who beat Romanians Otelul Galati 1-0 in Bucharest.
In Group B Inter Milan hit back after their opening defeat by Trabzonspor with a win 3-2 at CSKA Moscow while Real Madrid made it two wins in a row in Group D with Cristiano Ronaldo,Kaka and Karim Benzema scoring in a 3-0 win over Ajax Amsterdam.
But the big talking point,was the public fall out between Mancini and Tevez. Mancini,who also had angry words with their Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko after substituting him,told reporters that as far as he was concerned Tevez was finished at City.
The Italian,looking visibly shocked,told a news conference: I am really disappointed because it is Carlos. This cant happen in a top club to refuse to go in to help his teammates. What I said to Carlos is between me,him and the team. But if we want to improve as a team Carlos cant play with us. With me,he is finished. In a statement Tevez he said there was some confusion on the bench and I believe my position may have been misunderstood.
Bayern were deserved winners at the Allianz Arena,where Mario Gomez scored two first-half goals,to extend their winning sequence to 10 matches in all competitions. They lead the group with six points,followed by Napoli,who beat Villarreal 2-0,on four points. City are third with one point while the Spaniards are without a point.
While City were floundering in Munich,their neighbours were also having problems of their own at home against Basel despite taking a 2-0 lead in the opening 17 minutes with a brace from striker Danny Welbeck.
United held at home
Their defence was shaky all night and Old Trafford was stunned as Fabian Frei and Alexander Frei struck in quick succession midway through the second half to make it 2-2.
The latter then converted a penalty after Antonio Valencia bundled over Marco Strellar. United were heading for a defeat when Young headed home in the 90th minute to salvage a point.
Inter Milan earned their first points as new coach Claudio Ranieris dream start to the job continued. Mauro Zarate scored the late winner. Inter are in second spot with three points,one behind Turkish club Trabzonspor who drew 1-1 at home to Lille.
Inters former manager Jose Mourinho enjoyed a straightforward evening in Madrid as nine-times European Cup winners Real cruised past Ajax to take control of Group D. Real lead the group by two points from Olympique Lyon who have four thanks to their 2-0 win at home to Dinamo Zagreb.