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Watch Erling Haaland Score First Goal For Man City Before Thunderstorm Halts His Debut

Erling Haaland made his Manchester City debut against Bayern Munich on Saturday night and it took him just 12 minutes to score.

Robert Summerscales

Watch Erling Haaland Score First Goal For Man City Before Thunderstorm Halts His Debut
Watch Erling Haaland Score First Goal For Man City Before Thunderstorm Halts His Debut /

Erling Haaland made his Manchester City debut against Bayern Munich on Saturday night and it took him less than 12 minutes to find the net.

City's friendly against the German champions kicked off around 15 minutes behind schedule due to a severe thunderstorm in Green Bay.

Once the game got underway it took Haaland precisely 11 minutes and 44 seconds to score his first goal for City.

Jack Grealish got to the Bayern byline and squared the ball to Haaland, who slid it home from very close range.

That would prove to be the only goal of the game.

Erling Haaland pictured sliding to score his first goal for Manchester City in a 2022 summer friendly against Bayern Munich
Erling Haaland pictured sliding to score his first goal for Manchester City / ESPN

Haaland had just enough time to celebrate with his teammates before the game was halted due to more worrying weather.

Haaland's goal, which came from the final touch of the ball before play was suspended, arrived at around 6.30pm local time.

At that time a weather forecast predicted that the storm could continue until 3am, sparking fears the game may have to be abandoned.

But play did resume at 7.25pm, only after it had been announced that the game had been reduced from 90 minutes to 80.

Haaland started the game at the spearhead of City's 4-3-3 system, with Grealish and Riyad Mahrez deployed either side of him in attack.

Kevin De Bruyne had scored twice while playing as a makeshift striker in City's 2-1 win over Club America earlier in the week, but the Belgian started in midfield alongside Bernardo Silva and Rodri.

Haaland was subbed off at half time but Grealish, Rodri and De Bruyne all played 80 minutes.

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.