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Recap coverage of Manchester City's first pre-season game against Japanese side Yokohama F. Marinos with Mail Sport's live blog of Sunday's match below.
It's all over at the Japan National Stadium as City pick up their first pre-season win having gone 2-0 down.
Plenty of action and plenty of goal... what else can you ask for?
90+2' - Haaland just doesn't stop scoring. Cancelo finds the Norwegian with an inch-perfect low cross into the back-post and he finishes from close-range.
89' - The City defence is split open as former Arsenal man Ryo Miyaichi goes through on goal but Diaz's last-ditch tackle prevents an equaliser.
86' - City are caught out by a ball over the top and it causes a mix-up between Ortega and Lewis. Inoue takes advantage as he sweeps the ball home.
78' - Unsurprisingly, the tempo of the match has slowed down after City's fourth goal. But Guardiola's side still look dangerous whenever they come forward.
75' - Perrone makes his City debut as he replaces Silva.
71' - What a goal that is. Rodri, from 25 yards or so, curls it into the bottom corner. Goalkeeper Ichimori just wasn't going to reach that one.
66' - The City boss is screaming at the top of his head to give instructions from the touchline... even in a friendly!
64' - City are really showing out here. They move the ball well before Silva plays in Bobb, whose left-footed strike is saved. It wouldn't have counted anyway as the offside flag goes up almost immediately.
52' - Who else but Haaland? The Norwegian turns inside the box and fires a low shot into the bottom corner.
50' - City are well on top. Bobb has looked bright since coming on and he slides in Silva, whose cross from the edge of the box is cleared away.
Just the 10 changes for City during the break. Diaz, Cancelo, Laporte, Rodri, Lewis, Silva, Foden, Bobb, Gomez and Haaland come in.
46' - We're back underway in Tokyo.
Man City were caught out twice but goals by John Stones and Julian Alvarez has them level at half-time at the Japan National Stadium.
43' - Well, that didn't take long. City are level! Phillips blocks goalkeeper Ichimori's pass from the back and Alvarez makes no mistakes from close-range.
40' - It's a great reaction to conceding the second goal. Palmer backheels it to Walker, who delivers a cross into the box. Alvarez lays it to Stone with his back to goal and the defender finds the top corner.
37' - The hosts double their lead as Matsubara fires past Ortega emphatically after receiving a superb pass from the left.
33' - Man City come forward in search of the equaliser but Phillips' low effort from the edge of the box is easily held.
28' - It's a goal against the run of play but the hosts have the lead. Lopes produces a few step overs befoere unleashing a shot from the right which is saved by Ortega. But the Brazilian is there to slot away the rebound.
23' - City's first real chance falls to Palmer. But the youngster's effort from 20 yards is parried out .
22' - City look just slightly rusty at the back with some loose passes. But remember, unlike their Premier League rivals, this is their first pre-season match.
19' - Alvarez almost catches out the Yokohama goalkeeper as he blocks a pass. It would have certainly been a hands in face moment.
17' - The game has momentarily fizzled out but Grealish looks to be the brightest spark for City so far. Everything is going through him.
13' - Palmer delivers an almost inch perfect cross from the right but it goes just beyond Alvarez's reach inside the box.
9' - Pep Guardiola's side are now well in control with Alvarez, Kovacic and Grealish all linking up well. They are yet to test the Yokohama goalkeeper, though.
4' - It has been an end-to-end start to this game with neither side unable to gain control.
The first effort goes to the home side but a long-range effort flies well over the post.
1' - We are underway at the Japan National Stadium
YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS XI: Ichimori, Matsubara, Hatanaka, Eduardo, Nagato, Watanabe, Kida, Junior, Mizunuma, Lopes, Elber
Subs: Iikura, Shirasaka, Kanijima, Saneto, Yoshio, Yamane, Kimura, Sakakibara, Uenaka, Inoue, Matheus, Miyaichi, Murakami, Sugimoto
Queues outside the Japan National Stadium have been non-stop this evening. Unsurprisingly demands are high to see City's trophies and purchase merchandise.
Pep Guardiola opts for a strong team. Kyle Walker, who is reportedly closing in on a move to Bayern Munich, will captain the team. There is also a debut for Mateo Kovacic following his move from Chelsea this summer.
Or good evening if you are in Japan! Welcome to Mail Sport's coverage of Man City vs Yokohama F. Marinos.
It's City's first match since winning the historic treble so stay tuned for all the latest updates.
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