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Erling Haaland steals show on Man City debut vs Bayern Munich

He may have only played 40 minutes, with a 55-minute delay in between the first 13 and the following 27, but Erling Haaland proved why he was the main attraction in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It took him just 12 minutes to make his mark on proceedings, sliding in to divert Jack Grealish's cross home.

Despite a shorter debut than might have been expected, Haaland showed he has the capabilities to create a brilliant partnership with not only Grealish but Riyad Mahrez. The latter two enjoyed flinging crosses into the box for the 22-year-old.

It is fair to say that there is a lot to be excited about with Haaland at City.

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It was not until an hour before kick-off that the weather decided it wanted to try and upstage Haaland. Heavy rain peppered both sets of players ahead of the fixture at Lambeau Field.

However, it got a lot more serious when the start was delayed for 10 minutes. Following the only goal of the game a further, more lengthy delay was incurred causing the match to be reduced to 80 minutes.

The delay perhaps took the flow out of the game but, like typical Manchester summertime, the sun managed to finally make an appearance before full time to dry off a rather sodden 78,000 crowd.

Josh Wilson-Esbrand was given the huge opportunity to stake his claim as Oleksandr Zinchenko's successor this season. If in the first half he may have looked nervy, the teenager came into his own in the second and forced a good save from Sven Ulreich.

Cole Palmer also showed what he could do in the second 40, his exciting potential on full display in Wisconsin. But the cameo of the day went to Rico Lewis.

Having barely been on a minute, the 17-year-old proceeded to dance through the Bayern

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