Man City

Erling Haaland scored on his Manchester City debut in a lightning-interrupted win over Bayern Munich at Green Bay.

We have alternative to put the ball to him. "The first minutes, he needs more rhythm more time. It took Haaland just 12 minutes to score from close range at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, but that was the last action for an hour as a lightning storm descended on the stadium and threatened an abandonment.

It was always going to take something extraordinary and only intervention from above could upstage Erling Haaland on his first night in a Manchester City ...

One hefty Benjamin Pavard challenge left him in a heap pleading the referee for protection. Yet the Haaland goal delivered promise of what is to come from him in England: scorer of the classic Guardiola move. Despite the low-key build-up to another title defence, City looked slick. Stop-start in its nature and not what a sell-out 78,000 crowd had hoped for. A strange old night in Wisconsin, though. And he looked pretty pleased about it, too, with teammates rushing to their new Nordic behemoth.

The best images as City wrapped up our pre-season tour of the United States with a win over Bayern Munich.

It was the dream start for our new No.9, who had the ball in the net once again on the stroke of half-time after smashing home from a Bernardo Silva pass, but his celebrations were cut short by the offside flag. And although we were unable to add to our advantage, it was a thoroughly convincing performance against a truly world class opponent as the start of the new season edges nearer. The first football match to be played at Green Bay's iconic Lambeau Field was twice delayed early on by severe weather, with a decision made to cut the match back to 40 minutes with a shortened break in between.

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Even at £80million he would be an absolute steal. But he hasn’t kicked on. And with Haaland needing just 11 minutes to show that he is fitting in, it appears that the Blues are continuing to improve. But the City boss referenced his team’s 100-point season last week and it is clear that he wants them to hit the ground running for a campaign that will be interrupted by the World Cup. Haaland had scored against Bayern before. He had only had a couple of early touches, but when Kevin De Bruyne combined with Jack Grealish on the left and the England midfielder sent over a delicious low cross, there was Haaland to gobble it up from close range.

Manchester City defender Nathan Ake insists he has not been affected by speculation about a move to Chelsea.

It's not easy but I try to do that." "It's all been good and I'm just ready to kick on. "It was all in the holiday period anyway.

Chelsea had hoped to bring Nathan Ake back to Stamford Bridge - but were deterred after Manchester City slapped a £50m price-tag on the Netherlands ...

"We have a Spanish international player, captain of Chelsea, and I see them maybe at the same level. Reports have claimed they have agreed a fee with the LaLiga outfit, but Barcelona are attempting to hijack the deal. He said: “I’m very happy to be at the club and 100 percent focussed. Everyone wants to play, especially with the World Cup coming up.” It's not easy but I try to do that.” “It's all been good and I'm just ready to kick on.