Man City vs Club America highlights and reaction as De Bruyne scores twice and Haaland left on bench

Manchester City get their pre-season underway in the early hours of Thursday morning as they take on Club America in Houston.

City are returning back to action a lot later than their Premier League rivals but Pep Guardiola's side will finally take to the field when they play their first of two friendlies in the United States against the Mexican outfit.

It could be a new-look City side, too, with Erling Haaland, Kalvin Phillips, Julian Alvarez and Stefan Ortega all hoping to pull on the shirt for the first time.

The Blues are without Phil Foden, John Stones, Ilkay Gundogan and Aymeric Laporte who haven't made the trip across the pond and Aleks Zinchenko who has left to finalise a move to Arsenal but Guardiola has plenty of options as several of the club's promising youngsters are in the squad.

You can follow all the action from the match in our LIVE blog below.

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A late night made worthwhile by a City victory.

Pep Guardiola said that Erling Haaland will play in Manchester City's next match after being left out of the Club America game as a precaution.

Anyone hoping to see the £51m striker in action in Houston for City's first of just two friendlies on their pre-season tour would be disappointed as the Norwegian was named as a substitute and did not make it off the bench. Having not taken part in all of City's training sessions since they returned for pre-season, supporters are anxious to know when they can expect the new signing to be fit and firing.

Guardiola and the player both expect him to be on the pitch against Bayern Munich in Green Bay on Saturday night - a week before the Blues takes on Liverpool in the Community Shield. However, the manager wants