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SportsBrief.com News ☆ Guardiola gave Haaland the nod to start for the Citizens in his first competitive game, but the fomer Borrussia Dortmund struggled ...

For Liverpool, their new signing Darwin Nunez experienced contrasting fortunes to Haaland as he was on the scoresheet in the 3-1 win. - Haaland only managed eight touches on the ball in the first half of the Community Shield In the opening 45 minutes against Liverpool, Haaland only managed eight touches of the ball.

'He's strong. Another time he will put it in the net,' said Pep Guardiola after Erling Haaland missed several chances in the Community Shield against ...

“He was there today and had the chances – nothing changes.” It is good for him to see the reality in a new country and a new league but he was there. You could see on his face and on the faces of all his teammates how happy the boys are for him. He was there ... He had another goal disallowed [in the game] because the ball was out, so he has this talent and the will do it. He had chances – two or three in the first half and one at the end. Another time he will put it in the net,” said the manager.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has insisted he has no concerns about Erling Haaland after he was unable to strike a debut goal against Liverpool. The ...

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Erling Haaland struggled on his competitive Manchester City debut as they lost out to Liverpool in the Community Shield.

There is jeopardy in fresh forward lines and that is where the initial fascination of this season's Premier League title race lies.

But in the rejigging of forward lines there is an element of jeopardy and it is in that uncertainty that the initial fascination of this season’s title race lies. Díaz was widely seen as having assimilated quickly but was ineffective in the Champions League final, though, and there must have been concerns about the way that Mané’s move into the centre seemed to impinge on Mohamed Salah’s form in the second half of last season. The problem is that the circumstance in which it perhaps doesn’t work is against the very best sides in the very biggest games and, by definition, there are very few of them, meaning the data set is necessarily slight. Perhaps the two can add improvisation that will raise City to greater heights, but it is a risk. He has scored 78 league goals over the past three seasons; he himself has spoken of watching City and imagining how many goals he would score just like the one he got 12 minutes into his first appearance for the club, a friendly against Bayern, jabbing in a low cross from close range. As City look to make it five Premier League titles in six seasons, a level of dominance in English football achieved only twice before, by Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United between 1995-96 and 2000-01 and Liverpool’s run from 1978-79 to 1983-84, Haaland is this summer’s most significant signing.

Two golden chances were missed in the Community Shield and the striker was playing a different game to his teammates.

He is something different and, especially in a system as subtle as Guardiola’s, integrating will take time. It probably does none of us much good to peer too hard into the deeper meaning of the purchase of fruit‑flavoured confectionary, but there were warning signs on the pitch on Saturday as well. Haaland is a different case, but then he was always going to be. Or was a mischievous point being made to those at City who look to control every aspect of their squad’s lives? There has been a complete change of the profile of City’s attack and, after its first outing in a semi‑competitive environment, perhaps the politest thing that can be said is that there is a process of adaptation still required on both sides. The focus is the Champions League, the great prize that continues to elude them despite their wealth.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says it is “good” for new striker Erling Haaland “to see the reality in a new country”, following their 3-1 loss ...

Another time he will put it in the net — it’s football.” “He was there and had the chances — nothing changes. He has incredible quality and he will do it.

Liverpool thrashed Manchester City 3-1 to win the Community Shield on Saturday (July 30). It was a brilliant performance from Jurgen Klopp's Reds, ...

It is good for him to see the reality in a new country and a new league but he was there. He had another goal disallowed because the ball was out so he has this talent and he will do it," he added. Guardiola also praised Haaland for his movement off the ball and expressed confidence in his abilities. The massive miss from the Norwegian striker came during the extra time when City were trailing 3-1 with just a few minutes for the match to conclude. Haaland, who is regarded as one of the best young strikers in the world at present, ended up missing a one-on-one chance from almost just six yards out. Liverpool thrashed Manchester City 3-1 to win the Community Shield on Saturday (July 30). It was a brilliant performance from Jurgen Klopp's Reds, who had missed out on the Engish Premier League (EPL) title by just a point last season.