Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola has insisted that summer time signing Erling Haaland will score on ‘another day’ after the celebrity striker missed a number of possibilities within the Community Shield defeat to Liverpool on Saturday night.
Haaland arrived at City off the again of 134 targets in 137 appearances for membership and nation because the begin of the 2019/20 season and instantly obtained off the mark in sky blue in pre-season.
But the 21-year-old Norwegian did not convert any of his three pictures through the annual curtain raiser, which Liverpool went on to win 3-1 to say the primary minor silverware of the season, in addition to early bragging rights between the rival golf equipment.
Guardiola has beforehand spoken about Haaland needing time to regain full health – the participant missed two chunks of final season with Borussia Dortmund due to harm – and didn’t appear unduly involved about his striker’s incapacity to search out the web.
“He had chances – two or three in the first half and one at the end. Always he was there. He fought a lot and made the movements,” the boss defined, through ManCity.com.
“It’s good for him to see the reality of the new country, new league. He was there. Today he didn’t score – another day he will score.”
City have performed their final pre-season sport – a charity pleasant towards Barcelona continues to be to return in late August – and will start the Premier League marketing campaign away at West Ham on Sunday 7 August.
Guardiola’s aspect will face newly promoted Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest earlier than the top of the opening month and don’t meet considered one of final season’s high 4 till internet hosting Tottenham in gameweek seven. A rematch with Liverpool will comply with a couple of weeks later in mid-October.
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