SINSHEIM, Germany: A late David Silva goal gave Manchester City a 2-1 victory at Hoffenheim on Tuesday as Pep Guardiola's side got their Champions League campaign back on track in Germany.
After suffering a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Lyon a fortnight ago, the Premier League champions badly needed the three points to move off the bottom of Group F.
Manchester United turned up late for the match and produced another lacklustre performance in a 0-0 home draw with Valencia that will increase the scrutiny on under-fire manager Jose Mourinho.
UEFA Champions League
Tuesday's Results
GROUP E
AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica
Bayern Munich 1-1 Ajax
GROUP F
1899 Hoffenheim 1-2 Manchester City
Lyon 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
GROUP G
CSKA Moscow 1-0 Real Madrid
Roma 5-0 Viktoria Plzen
GROUP H
Juventus 3-0 Young Boys
Manchester United 0-0 Valencia
Wednesday's Matches
GROUP A
Atletico Madrid vs Club Brugge
Borussia Dortmund vs Monaco
GROUP B
PSV Eindhoven vs Inter Milan
Tottenham Hotspur vs Barcelona
GROUP C
Paris Saint Germain vs Red Star Belgrade
Napoli vs Liverpool
GROUP D
Lokomotiv Moscow vs FC Schalke 04
FC Porto vs Galatasaray
At Sinsheim, Silva poached the winner with just three minutes left when he reacted quickest to nick the ball off Hoffenheim defender Stefan Posch on the penalty spot and fire home.
Hoffenheim had taken the lead in the first minute through Ishak Belfodil, but Sergio Aguero quickly equalised before Silva's late strike.
"We've got to take all the positives out of this performance with the way we attacked and defended with a high line," City captain Vincent Kompany told BT Sport.
"It's a fantastic result, every away game in the Champions League is so hard to get three points from.
"It was the only way to put right the result against Lyon."
City got off to a disastrous start at the Rhein-Neckar Arena as Hoffenheim shocked the English side by taking the lead after just 44 seconds.
But the away win was thoroughly deserved as City were finally rewarded for their patience after dominating a determined Hoffenheim defence for long spells.
At Old Trafford, already nine points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City and Liverpool after three defeats in seven league games, Mourinho was hoping for a reaction from Saturday's dreadful display in losing 3-1 to West Ham United.
Instead, his side again looked devoid of ideas and invention to draw a blank and fall two points behind Group H leaders Juventus with two games against the Italian champions to come.
A point does at least consolidate United's position three points ahead of Valencia in second place, with Swiss champions Young Boys looking like the whipping boys of the group after a second 3-0 defeat in two games, this time against Juventus earlier on Tuesday.
Kick-off was delayed by five minutes as United were held up by traffic that meant Mourinho's men didn't arrive at the stadium until less than 45 minutes ahead of the planned 8pm start time.