Four winners and three losers from Man City pre-season tour of United States

Manchester City are back in the UK following their week-long tour of the United States, as they begin preparations for a Community Shield meeting with Liverpool on Saturday.

City's pre-season has been short but sweet this year - two matches yielded two wins as Pep Guardiola's side saw off Club America 2-1 in Houston before edging out Bayern Munich 1-0 in a storm-interrupted encounter in Green Bay on Saturday night.

The tour did not start off as Guardiola would have hoped; Phil Foden, John Stones and Ilkay Gundogan were not able to travel as they did not meet US entry requirements, so instead flew to Croatia to join up with the under-23s squad. Aymeric Laporte stayed behind in Manchester to continue his recovery from injury.

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But what City fans and Guardiola saw over the two games will no doubt have stirred a healthy dose of optimism and excitement, as an energized, new-look City sparkled in attack while the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish shone. There was even an Erling Haaland debut goal to celebrate.

They and others stood out for the Blues, but for some the summer didn't go quite as planned. Here are the winners and losers from the tour.

Winners

Kevin De Bruyne

De Bruyne's pre-season preparations this summer are lightyears ahead of last year's, when he arrived to training with an ankle injury picked up at the European Championship.

After a summer of rest the Belgian midfielder already looks close to his top level, having scored two brilliant goals against Club America and starting the move that saw Haaland scored against Bayern Munich with a great through pass. He could reach new heights this season.

Jack