Manchester Town striker Erling Haaland will want extra time to start firing on all cylinders, in spite of scoring on his pre-season debut in a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich, supervisor Pep Guardiola stated on Saturday.
Haaland, who joined the Premier League champions on a five-year contract final month, were given at the finish of a Jack Grealish go and fired house from shut vary after simply 12 mins to protected victory over the Bundesliga facet at Lambeau Box in Wisconsin.
Guardiola praised the 22-year-old’s poacher intuition however stated the Norwegian had to be treated moderately to help his go back to complete health.
“He scored a function, which is essential. Those form of targets in entrance of keeper – all the time he’s there,” Guardiola stated. “The primary mins, he wishes extra rhythm and time however already he had 45 mins which is excellent for him.
“We’ll see how he reacts to the niggles that he had within the earlier weeks. Once we come again we now have lengthy weeks to organize each and every weekend recreation. In the ones two or 3 weeks we can get the most productive shape.”
Town, who face FA Cup holders Liverpool within the Group Defend on Saturday, start their Premier League name defence with a shuttle to West Ham United on August 7.