Pep Guardiola said he had no concerns over Erling Haaland after the striker missed a number of chances in the Community Shield defeat to Liverpool.
Haaland forced one save from Adrian and had a goal ruled out in the second half because the ball had already gone out before Phil Foden flicked it back to him, but blazed over from a few yards at the end of the match. In contrast, Liverpool new boy Darwin Nunez came off the bench to earn a penalty and scored their third goal.
While social media was instantly ablaze with Haaland's miss (as it was when Nunez missed against United a few weeks ago in a summer friendly), Guardiola had no issue with how City's No.9 performed against Liverpool. The manager pointed to his new forward's goal against Bayern Munich as an example of how quickly opinions can change.
