Makaay scored from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute to hand the four-time champions their first victory away from Munich since the 2001/02 campaign.

The match was making history as it was the first Champions League game to be staged in Israel after UEFA had finally conceded the security situation was stable enough to play.

Ze Roberto looked the most dangerous player and it was the Brazilian who was at the heart of the only goal when he was chopped down by Ghanaian defender John Pantsil in the area in the 63rd minute.

Pantsil was yellow-carded and while he protested, Maakay stepped up to bury the penalty past Strauber in the Maccabi goal.

The match was played against a background of controversy with Bayern's Iranian international striker Vahid Hashemian missing the trip allegedly because of a back injury.

No Iranian has played sport on Israeli soil nor competed against Israel anywhere in the world since the Iranian revolution in 1979 when Islamic leaders took power.

Had Hashemian made the trip, he would have faced sanctions in his home country as, just last week, the official Iranian news agency Irna said any sporting links with Israel would be punished.