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Haaland edges Man City past Bayern in preseason

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Mueez Ajao

– New signing Erling Haaland scored on his debut as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich in a match twice held up by a lightning storm in Wisconsin on Saturday night.

– Haaland, who joined City for £51.2m from Borussia Dortmund, scored after 12 minutes in the pre-season friendly.

Haaland celebrating with Rodri

– The 22-year-old missed the first match of City’s US tour, against Mexico’s Club America, with injury niggles.

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– And City boss Pep Guardiola said the forward “needs time”.

– Haaland’s goal came from a whipped cross from man of the match Jack Grealish, with the Norway international finishing from close range.

– Guardiola said: “He scored a goal which is important, these type of goals in front of the keeper – always he’s there.

– “We’ll see how he reacts to the niggles that he had in the previous weeks.

– “After we come back we have long weeks to prepare every weekend game. In those two or three weeks we will get the best form.”

– There were two delays because of lightning in the area – one before kick-off and one in the first half – which resulted in the match being shortened to 80 minutes.

– This fixture was the first soccer match to be played at one of the country’s top sport venues – Lambeau Field – home of top NFL team the Green Bay Packers.

– After giving City the lead, Haaland looked as if he had made it 2-0 just before the break but his left-footed shot from inside the area was disallowed for offside.

– City will now fly back to England and will take on Liverpool in the Community Shield at Leicester’s King Power Stadium on Saturday.

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