A City legend and Pep Guardiola‘s first signing as manager, the midfielder left the Club for Barcelona at the end of our 2022/23 Treble-winning season.
The German spent seven incredible seasons at the Etihad Stadium, and warmly greeted his former team-mates and staff ahead of the encounter at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.
After over one hour’s delay to kick-off due to a lightning storm, Pep Guardiola‘s men were edged out on penalties by our opponents in front of a sell-out crowd at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CITY’S USA TOUR
Kalvin Phillips and Jacob Wright were the unlucky pair to see their spot kicks saved in the shootout with the game finishing level after 90 minutes.
Barcelona had taken the lead against the run of play midway through the first half when Pau Victor slotted under the onrushing Ederson after being released in behind.
City responded when Nico O’Reilly picked up play from Josko Gvardiol and firing into the far corner, but the Spanish side regained the lead on half-time through Pablo Torre.
Once again Guardiola‘s men drew level, this time just before the hour when Jack Grealish sent an unstoppable drive into the Barcelona net from a tight angle.
We pressed for a winner, but ultimately fell short in the lottery that is a penalty shootout.
Relive the action from close-up via our Tunnel Cam video above...
USA TOUR 2024
City are still to face Chelsea during the Club’s pre-season tour of the United States.
As always, mancity.com and the official app are the best places to keep across all things City during our time in the US.
Including pre-match press conferences and live open training as well as detailed and varied in-game and post-friendly coverage of all our fixtures, our website and app provide fans with a complete City experience, all from one handy place.
All US Tour matches will be broadcast live for CITY+ subscribers in the following countries: United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and United Arab Emirates.
The further locations in which the Chelsea game will be available will be confirmed in the coming days.
To access these matches from one of the locations listed above, you will need an active CITY+ subscription. Those same restrictions will apply to full-match replays and Pitcam highlights.
For fans living outside of the countries named, we will have a full explainer article on how to tune in coming in due course.
Subscribers will be able to watch on the official app and mancity.com, with the option to cast matches onto their TV from mobile devices. Find out how to do this via our handy guide here.
For more information on CITY+, including subscription prices, click here.
