Erling Haaland has shown both he and Julian Alvarez were right to choose Man City

It's fair to say that sitting out Manchester City's first game of pre-season was probably not how Erling Haaland would have liked to have started his career in sky blue.

After all the excitement of his unveiling as a City player following his £51m signing from Borussia Dortmund, the anticipation of how he would improve City's attack and the build-up to his debut, the 22-year-old striker did not feature at all in the Blues' 2-1 win against Club America on Wednesday night.

Pep Guardiola confirmed afterwards that Haaland was left out as a precaution, after he had experienced 'niggles' and a couple of issues during the first few days of City's pre-season tour of the United States.

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As you would expect, that sent some supporters into meltdown. Haaland had his fair share of injury issues last season, but for him to pick up an injury just weeks after joining the club would be disastrous.

Guardiola confirmed that his new striker will start Saturday's friendly against Bayern Munich, putting to bed any fears of a more serious problem. But even if that wasn't the case, Haaland sitting out relatively unimportant games is no bad thing.

Through various injuries Haaland missed 16 of Borussia Dortmund's 46 games in all competition last season, with some speculating that his rapid rise at a young age, as well as Dortmund's reliance on him, were factors contributing to his injury issues.

His fitness troubles did not deter City from activating his release clause and offering him a contract worth around £300,000 per week, and this is why: City have not signed him to play every single game.

Guardiola's side were the highest-scoring