On the morning of August 4, Beijing time, Manchester City and Chelsea had a warm-up match, and Manchester City, who had not won in the previous three games, finally started to kill, and they beat Chelsea 4-2 in this game, ushering in the first win of the four warm-up games this summer.
In this game, Guardiola started key players such as Grealish and Haaland, and it only took three minutes for Haaland to score. He was pushed to the ground in the box to win a penalty for City, before he opened the scoring himself to give City a 1-0 lead.
Just two minutes later, Erling Haaland scored again, and after a break in front, he calmly pushed into the corner of the Chelsea goalkeeper to make it 2-0.
In the 55th minute of the second half, Bob scored to extend the team's advantage. One minute later, City made a steal in front of the goal, and then played a brilliant combination, Haaland picked up the ball and got up again with ease, and then easily pushed the score to make it 4-0. The 24-year-old Norway superstar scored three goals in less than one hour to help Manchester City beat Chelsea.
In the 59th minute, Chelsea recovered a goal when Raheem Sterling met a cross from a team-mate and finally volleyed home from inside the box to save Chelsea's face. Chelsea added one more before the end of the game to make it 4-2 and City secured their final warm-up game of the summer.
According to the arrangement, after this game, Manchester City will depart for England to prepare for the Community Shield match against Manchester United in six days. On the evening of August 10, Beijing time, Manchester City will play against Manchester United, and the two teams will compete for the Community Shield championship. For Manchester City, it was definitely a battle for revenge. In last season's FA Cup final, Manchester City lost 2-1 to Manchester United and ultimately missed out on the double. Coupled with the fact that the two sides are mortal enemies, this Community Shield game will definitely do their best.
At present, Manchester City is undoubtedly the favorite to win the championship, because Manchester United's Hojlund, Yoro and Antony are all injured, Mainou and Luke Shaw have not yet returned, and even Fernandes may not be able to play, which means that Manchester United will be short of soldiers and generals at that time, and their strength is not as good as Manchester City, plus the lack of so many core players, Manchester United wants to win, I am afraid it is a little difficult. Fortunately, the Community Shield title does not matter, and even if Manchester United loses to Manchester City, it will not have much impact. Now Ten Hag, I only hope that the injured can return as soon as possible, don't affect the next Premier League, whether you can win the Community Shield championship, Ten Hag may not care too much!