The eyes of the world will be on Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin for the anticipated Manchester City debut of Erling Haaland when the Premier League ...
— — — — — — — — Sat., July 23 Stefan Ortega, Kalvin Phillips and Julian Alvarez all made their Man City debuts in a 2-1 win over Club America and all will start on the bench against Bayern. There are also reports of more lightning in the area, but the match proceeds as normal. 12th min.: Haaland goal!
A preseason club friendly between Manchester City and Bayern Munich at Lambeau Field has been put on storm delay.
Haaland did not take the field for City in its first preseason matchup against Club America on Thursday morning. Erling Haaland’s goal was well received, and Jack Grealish’s touch electric - but so is the lightning storm that is well and truly over Lambeau Field now. Haaland’s goal was literally the last touch, and I’d be surprised if we get any more action here," Joe Bray of theManchester Evening Newsreports.
Manchester City and Bayern Munich were unable to complete a full 90-minute match in Green Bay on Saturday night due to a thunderstorm in the area.
But it was 17-year-old defender Rico Lewis that came closet to scoring the game's second goal when he hit the post after a mazy run. Once the game restarted, Haaland had the ball in the net again but this time his goal was disallowed for offside. But as soon as Haaland was done celebrating, the players were taken off the field to shield from more dangerous weather.
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There was an encouraging second-half appearance for City's other summer striker arrival, too, after Julian Alvarez replaced Haaland at the break. And it was a classic poacher's finish as the Norwegian striker punished his former club's Bundesliga rivals by turning in an inviting low pass across goal from Jack Grealish. City, though, remained the superior team.
Erling Haaland took just 12 minutes of his City debut to score his first goal for the Club - which proved to be enough to give the Blues a 1-0 win..
Pep Guardiola was delighted with the display of 19-year-old Josh Wilson-Esbrand in the 1-0 win over Bayern Munich. Watch more The best images as City wrapped up our pre-season tour of the United States with a win over Bayern Munich. View more Erling Haaland hailed the role played by Jack Grealish in our 1-0 win over Bayern Munich and said he already liked ‘the vibe’ of playing alongside the England winger. Alvarez was quickly into the action and fired a low shot across goal and just wide of the right-hand post. Haaland was quickly in the action again, racing onto a long ball and into the box with defenders chasing behind, but he was denied as he cut back inside of a challenge when he looked about to square to Riyad Mahrez. Bayern also had the ball in the net in those opening minutes, but the effort was ruled out for offside.
There weren't too many positives to take out of this game. After the match, Bayern's manager reflected on his team's woes but had plenty of praise for some ...
Bayern Munich’s preseason fixtures list is in the books. He can hold up the ball well with his back to the goal.” On newly-announced incoming Mathys Tel from Stade Rennais, the manager was all optimism, touting him to become one of the very best strikers in the future.