Needing to avoid defeat to stand any chance of a place in the Champions League knockout rounds, Manchester United make the long journey to Rams Park in Istanbul to face Galatasaray in Wednesday's Group A fixture.
The Red Devils sit at the foot of the section with a paltry three points under their belt, although their hosts are only one point and one place better off heading into the penultimate gameweek.
However, the deadlock was belatedly broken when Harry Kane nodded in Joshua Kimmich's free kick, and the England captain gave Bayern some much-needed breathing space with his second of the night in the 86th minute before Cedric Bakambu's strike set up a tense finish.
Bakambu's injury-time goal would end up being nothing more than a consolation, though, as Galatasaray agonisingly missed the chance to cement a top-two ranking in Group A, where three teams will engage in a fierce fight for second place while group winners Bayern watch on with popcorn in hand.
Level on points with Copenhagen but boasting an inferior goal difference to their Danish counterparts, nothing can be decided regarding the fate of Okan Buruk's men this week, although defeat coupled with a shock Copenhagen win over Bayern would leave them in a perilous position ahead of a possible winner-takes-all clash with the Scandinavians on December 12.
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