Pep Guardiola rates Erling Haaland debut for Man City

The hard work is only just beginning on the training ground for Manchester City when it comes to Erling Haaland, after the striker scored on his debut vs Bayern Munich.

It took Haaland just 12 minutes to score from close range at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, but that was the last action for an hour as a lightning storm descended on the stadium and threatened an abandonment. However, play eventually resumed and Haaland lasted 40 minutes - the rearranged length of the first half.

And Guardiola was pleased with what he saw from Haaland, but said City will work with the striker on the training ground to see how much more he can improve the team.

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"He scored a goal, it's important, these type of balls in front of the keeper always he's there," said Guardiola.

"The first minutes, he needs more rhythm more time. Already had 40 minutes, that's good for him. We see how he reacts to the niggles he had in previous weeks. When we're back we have long weeks to prepare for weekend games and this period, 2, 3 weeks we will get the best from him.

"He's been training really well, looks like a really nice guy, down to earth. Not just him, he's an important signing but Julian, Kalvin, Stefan, the young lads. I was impressed with Josh [Wilson-Esbrand] and Rico [Lewis] when he played some minutes. They were so intelligent, the biggest quality with the ball.

"The result wasn't important. Important is the lack of preparation we have, two weeks, we played two good games, make a lot of chances we concede counter attacks because it's important when they are ready to counter inside we have people in other positions."

City were visibly playing a more direct game than usual, and Guardiola said that