Two clinical Kevin De Bruyne strikes handed Manchester City a winning start to pre-season with a 2-1 victory over Club America in Houston.
In what was an occasionally tempestuous friendly on a difficult surface, Pep Guardiola gave minutes to the majority of his travelling squad – but Erling Haaland was still left waiting for a debut.
Haaland, the £51million signing, had a night off as 61,223 flocked to the NRG Stadium to see the Premier League champions.
Here, Sportsmail picks five things we learned.
*This friendly might have been thousands of miles away from Manchester but Jack Grealish must have felt right at home.