Erling Haaland presented fellow “Viking” Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a special shirt ahead of Manchester City’s friendly date with AC Milan.
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Norway international Haaland met up with former Sweden star Ibrahimovic prior to a contest at Yankee Stadium in New York. City’s superstar striker was on target in that game, as he broke the deadlock inside 19 minutes.
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City, though, were to slip to another high-scoring defeat. Having already gone down 4-3 to Scottish giants Celtic, the reigning Premier League champions found themselves on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline when gracing a purpose-built pitch at an iconic baseball venue.
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Pep Guardiola will not be reading too much into results at this stage, with pre-season all about getting minutes into legs. Haaland has been among the goals and was all smiles when linking up with Ibrahimovic – who is now a special advisor at AC Milan.