Manchester City conceded two goals before defeating Yokohama Mariners 5-3! Winning the pre-season opener, Haaland came off the bench

In a pre-season warm-up match that ended on the evening of July 23, Beijing time, Manchester City, winner of last season's "Treble" and overlord of the Premier League, defeated J-League team Yokohama Mariners 5-3 after conceding two goals in a row, and won the "Asia tour".

In this game, Guardiola fielded a number of first-team main starters. Walker, Stones, Acker, Akanji, Grealish and Alvarez are all on the squad, and the only official signing this summer, Mateo Kovacic, also made his debut. And Haaland, De Bruyne, B, Foden, Rodri, Ruben Dias, Ederson and other cores are temporarily sitting on the bench.

In the 27th minute of the game, the Yokohama Mariners took the lead to break the deadlock. Anderson Lopez, a former Chinese Super League player who played for Wuhan, singled out Manchester City's backline to complete the goal.

In the 37th minute, the Yokohama Mariners extended their lead and Matsubara took advantage of a big hole in City's backline to easily push the goal.

Trailing by two goals, Manchester City immediately began to make a move, and in the 40th minute, Manchester City worked well in front of the goal, and Stones pushed the goal to recover a goal.

In the 44th minute, Yokohama goalkeeper Jun Ichimori made a huge mistake and Alvarez easily scored to make it 2-2.

After half-time, Manchester City made a massive substitution. With the exception of goalkeeper Ortega, the rest of the starters were replaced. Haaland, De Bruyne, B seats and other superstars are all on the lineup. In the 52nd minute, Haaland turned around in the box and scored with a left-footed volley after receiving Foden's straight at the box to help City rebound.

In the 72nd minute, Rodri scored with his signature long-range shot from the top of the penalty area to make it 4-2.

In the 87th minute, the Yokohama Mariners recovered a goal with an empty shot from Kenta Inoue.

In stoppage time, Haaland scored twice to win 5-3 for Manchester City.

After beating the Yokohama Mariners to open the pre-season, Manchester City have two more games to play in this Asian trip. They played Bayern on 26 July and Atletico Madrid on 30 July. On 6 August, Manchester City will face Arsenal in the Community Shield.