Manchester City's pre-season tour of the United States began with a 4-3 defeat to Celtic in North Carolina.

Friendly match

Manchester City - Celtic - 3:4 (1:3)
Goals: Kuhn, 13 (0:1). Bobb, 33 (1:1). Kuhn, 36 (1:2). Furuhashi, 44 (1:3). Perrone, 46 (2:3). Haaland, 57 (3:3). Palma, 68 (3:4).

Manchester City: Ortega Moreno (Ederson 46’), Lewis (Katongo 64’), Simpson-Pusey, Mbete (Doyle 46’), Wilson-Esbrand (Katongo 64’), Phillips (Susoho 46’), O’Reilly (Perrone 46’), McAtee (Ndala 46’), Bobb, Grealish (Knight 68’), Haaland (C) (Hamilton 68’).
Celtic: Schmeichel (Sinisalo 46’), Ralston (Donovan 46’), Welsh (Lagerbielke 64’), Scales (Kobayashi 64’), Taylor, McGregor (C) (Anderson 64’), O’Riley, Hatate (Yang 64’), Kuhn (Forrest 46’), Maeda, Kyogo (Palma 64’).