Grealish is right on target as Barca, City draw in Orlando
Manchester City and Barcelona played out a lively draw of 2-2 at Orlando on Tuesday following it was postponed by over an hour.
The kick-off time from Camping World Stadium was put back by an hour due to a weather advisory. City’s opening game during the United States tour, a 4-3 loss against Celtic The game was also delayed due to the weather conditions.
As the game began, Erling Haaland believed he had scored in the first 15 minutes however, an attempt made by Oscar Bobb‘s cross that looked as if it crossed the line was not awarded.
It was Barcelona who scored the first goal with the Pau Victor. Victor got his goal under intense pressure by Kalvin Phillips after being pushed through after a delicate flick by Marc Casado.
City came back through the 19 year old Nico O’Reilly, however, Barcelona had a second advantage shortly before half-time, when Victor cleverly allowed the ball to run into Pablo Torre to score.
Both teams made changes after half-time The City team was reshuffled at half-time Pep Guardiola pulled out Haaland along with Ederson The latter was replaced by Ederson and City scored a second goal shortly after through the play of Jack Grealish after a stunning sprint by Mateo Kovacic who started at an edge in City’s penalty box.
In the penalty shootout following the match, Phillips was among the City players who failed to hit the spot when Barcelona defeated Barcelona 4-1.
City will next play with Chelsea on the other side of Ohio on Saturday. Barcelona will take on La Liga rivals Real Madrid in New Jersey.