Manchester City jumped out to an early lead as Erling Haaland got on the scoresheet once again in preseason, but the four-time reigning Premier League champions were beaten 3-2 by Italian giants AC Milan at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
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Pep Guardiola’s side lost 4-3 to Celtic to begin their preseason tour of the United States, though a handful of first-team players (Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Jeremy Doku, to name a few) are not yet with the team as they recuperate following EURO 2024. Manchester City will play two more games in the U.S., (vs Barcelona in Orlando on Tuesday, vs Chelsea in Colombus next Saturday) before returning to England to face rivals Manchester United in the FA Community Shield the following weekend, Aug. 10.
Lorenzo Colombo scored twice in four minutes during the first half, each time redirecting Samuel Chukwueze’s floated cross to the back post. AC Milan academy product Marco Nasti turned home the winning goal in the 78th minute.
Man City vs AC Milan highlights, final score: 2-3
Goalscorers: Erling Haaland (19'), Lorenzo Colombo (30', 34'), James McAtee (55'), Marco Nasti (78')
GOAL - Man City 2-3 AC Milan: Marco Nasti turns home the winner late in the 2nd half
BOOM! 20-year-old ACM Academy product Marco Nasti slots in the go-ahead goal for @acmilan 🤩 pic.twitter.com/WKuwuaP4Gv
— DIRECTV Soccer Champions Tour (@TheSCTour) July 28, 2024
GOAL - Man City 2-2 AC Milan: James McAtee heads home Micah Hamilton’s floated cross
Blink and you'll miss it 👀
— DIRECTV Soccer Champions Tour (@TheSCTour) July 27, 2024
James McAtee quickly nods down and nets the equalizer for @ManCity 👊 pic.twitter.com/At5vdzYX0O
GOAL - Man City 1-2 AC Milan: Chukwueze finds Colombo at the back post again
Don't look now, but Lorenzo Colombo is heating up 🔥
— DIRECTV Soccer Champions Tour (@TheSCTour) July 27, 2024
His brace pushes @acmilan into the lead ⏩ pic.twitter.com/ZYuMJyGw9r
GOAL - Man City 1-1 AC Milan: Samuel Chukwueze finds Lorenzo Colombo at the back post
🚨 LORENZO COLOMBO EQUALIZER 🚨@acmilan are back level 📐 pic.twitter.com/luZkeSAmQv
— DIRECTV Soccer Champions Tour (@TheSCTour) July 27, 2024
GOAL - Man City 1-0 AC Milan: Oscar Bobb finds fellow Norwegian Erling Haaland for the opener
The first goal of the 2024 Soccer Champions Tour belongs to Haaland ☄️ pic.twitter.com/qn7oawr6r0
— DIRECTV Soccer Champions Tour (@TheSCTour) July 27, 2024
How to watch Manchester City vs AC Milan live, stream link and start time
Kick off: 6pm ET, Saturday (July 27)
Stadium: Yankee Stadium, New York City
TV channel: ESPN
Online: ESPN+
Manchester City focus, team news
As mentioned, Ederson’s future is a big topic of discussion as he reportedly has an offer to head to Saudi Arabia. Stefan Ortega started against Celtic with Ederson coming off the bench and if the Brazilian star does decide to move on, Ortega is probably good enough to become City’s new starting goalkeeper right away. Elsewhere Rico Lewis, Kalvin Phillips, Oscar Bobb and James McAtee all got minutes against Celtic, while Grealish and Haaland are the big superstars for City as both had the summer off. So many of City’s big names are still on their summer break after going deep in the Copa America and European Championship tournaments.
AC Milan focus, team news
Pulisic is obviously going to be front and center and it is a big summer for him with a new manager in charge. Pulisic was excellent in his debut season for Milan in 2023-24 (12 goals and eight assists in 36 Serie A games is sensational) and Musah also had plenty of minutes under Pioli as Milan finished a distant second in Serie A. They have qualified for the Champions League and Fonseca’s main aim will be to get to the knockout rounds of that revamped competition and wrestle the Scudetto off of city rivals Inter Milan. Rafael Leao, Samuel Chukwueze and Luka Jovic have all traveled for this preseason tour and they give Milan plenty of attacking options.
Manchester City vs AC Milan prediction
This seems like Milan will have a bit too much for this young City side, but don’t rule out Haaland and Grealish having some fun. Man City 2-3 AC Milan.