It's fair to say that sitting out Manchester City's first game of pre-season was probably not how Erling Haaland would have liked to have started his career in sky blue.
After all the excitement of his unveiling as a City player following his £51m signing from Borussia Dortmund, the anticipation of how he would improve City's attack and the build-up to his debut, the 22-year-old striker did not feature at all in the Blues' 2-1 win against Club America on Wednesday night.
Pep Guardiola confirmed afterwards that Haaland was left out as a precaution, after he had experienced 'niggles' and a couple of issues during the first few days of City's pre-season tour of the United States.
