The Norwegian grabbed a hat-trick as Pep Guardiola’s men rounded off preparations for the 2024/25 campaign with a convincing win in Columbus, Ohio.
City’s youthful squad had been edged out by Celtic, AC Milan and Barcelona in our first three fixtures, but built on positive performances in each of those fixtures to deservedly grab the win against Enzo Maresca’s side.
And for Haaland, it’s a result which he hopes to build on in the early stages of the campaign.
He said: “It’s been a long tour but a good finish and now back to Manchester to meet all the other guys and continue.
“The quality is high [with the Academy players], you see it in the games. Of course, small margins made us lose the games but in general the quality has been high, and it’s been good.
“It’s not perfect [my condition] but it’s getting better and we’ll soon all be in top form which is good.
“We have to get into rhythm, and we will, keep on doing what we’ve been doing.”
Hear Erling’s thoughts in full via the video above…
