The Community Shield was a battle of two new strikers, and there was no doubt who won.
Reds fans have a new hero in Darwin Nunez, who immediately showed what prompted the club to pay over $60 million for his debut.
After coming on as a substitute, he won a late penalty and scored his first goal for the club to put the icing on the cake.
Erling Haaland had a first game to forget as he missed opportunities in front of goal which led to his side's 3-1 defeat.
The City boss was asked if he had any concerns about the forward's performance. He has the ability to do it. He has a great sense of smell.
I'm very comfortable with what we've seen so far in pre-season. The season begins now.
The FA Cup and Carabao Cup were won by the Reds last season, but they missed out on an unprecedented quadruple.
The club's recent trophy successes were overshadowed by the departure of Sadio Mane, who joined the club's rivals.
Nunez scored against the Reds in the knockout stage of the European competition last season, so he was brought in as the replacement.
In the pre-season, there were jokes on social media about the player's first touch, but he responded by scoring four goals.
He came off the bench and headed in his team's third goal at the King Power Stadium.
The Reds fans serenaded him with chants of his name as he left the field after his close-range finish.
The replay of the goal came up on the television screen as the German was being asked about it, and he smiled and said that he would get better with time.
We gave each ball to him to chase. He was able to deal with it well. He can do good things and we are patient. The impact he made from the bench was amazing.
Just five minutes after entering the action, Nunez had an opportunity to score but his shot was saved by Ederson, and he was instrumental for the second goal as his head hit Ruben Dias on the arm.
Nunez popped a bottle of champagne and sprayed it in the air after Henderson lifted the trophy.
"We all know that strikers are special," said the coach. Goals and goal involvement are important for a strikers.
IfDarwin hadn't scored the third one, he would have been fine."
He put the icing on the cake. On everyone's faces, you could see how happy they are.
Manchester City won their fourth top-flight title in the past five years last season, despite being pipped to the title by one point.
They have made a number of changes in their attacking line-up, with Gabriel Jesus leaving for £45m and £50m being the amount of money that was sold to RaheemSterling.
Haaland scored an amazing 86 goals in 89 games during his time in Germany.
He had an off day in front of goal, as his first-half effort was pushed away by Adrian and he missed another strike on the stretch.
Haaland's showing was overshadowed by the Argentine who came on as a substitute and poked in the tying goal.
He had two or three chances in the first half and one at the end. It is good for him to understand the reality of a new country and league.
He was there but did not score.
The team will need to adapt to him as much as possible since they haven't used him on a regular basis since the departure ofSergio Aguero.
There was one point in the second half when Kevin de Bruyne showed his frustration after Haaland did not move for a pass, and the forward was equally angry at Riyad Mahrez for having a shot at goal.
Haaland missed a sitter in the last minute after Adrian's parry fell into his path.
Haaland had just 16 touches of the ball in 97 minutes on the pitch, completing seven of only nine passes.
He is strong and the other time he will put it in the net. Sometimes he has to think about what he should do in a situation.
I'm not worried about that. He is going to lend a hand.
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