Manchester City and Celtic played a spectacular friendly match in North Carolina. In the end: 3-4 on the scoreboard, however, the result remained in the background in the true sense of the word, since we had the opportunity to enjoy the mastery of one of the most talented footballers of the English champion – Oscar Bobb (21), and especially the semi-anonymous German Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (24), who probably played a match of his career.A guy whose level of talent was not recognized by three serious clubs – Leipzig, Ajax and Bayern Munich – somehow made his way to Celtic through Rapid Wien (brought last winter for only 3,500,000 euros), and last night, on the big stage, against a powerful opponent (even though Man City played mainly with reserves and youth team players), hinted that he could be the star of the season in Scotland. And maybe much more.It’s a real shame that Brendan Rodgers decided to take Kuhn out of the game after the first half because, given how inspired he was, it’s not out of the question that we would have seen more of his masterful repertoire.##NAJAVA_MECA_8228703##In short, Kuhn scored the first two goals for Celtic. On those occasions, he ran away from the powerless Josh Wilson Esbrand; the first time, he finished with his weaker right leg; the second time, he got rid of his marker, moved to the left, and fired over Stefan Ortega’s head.However, the most beautiful thing he did was prettier than both of his goals – or rather of all seven – the pass in the 44th minute for Japanese striker Kyogo Furuhashi. The outer part of the German’s foot sent the ball right in front of Furuhashi, and Ortega had no chance: 3-1 in favor of Celtic.Rogers insisted on building up from the back line, from Kasper Schmeichel, which somewhat confused the Cityzens. They dropped out quite easily in pressing and Celtic used three or four passes to get to the other side of the pitch.
Of course, Pep Guardiola still sent some guys on the field who will probably never wear a Manchester City shirt again, but that does not diminish the Scots’ desire to compete and show what they know through passing, dribbling, possession…After all, along with the aforementioned Bobb, Erling Haaland, Kalvin Phillips, Jack Grealish, Rico Lewis, goalkeeper Ederson also played for City last night. All in all, they weren’t exactly a ‘punching bag’ made fully out of reserves.Oscar Bobb scored a goal for 1-1 in the 33rd minute, and then in the 46th and 57th, he recorded his brace of assists – first one to Maximo Peronne, then to Erling Haaland. It seemed that City could achieve a complete turnaround, especially since Rogers also sent second-team players onto the field in the finish, but in the 68th minute, they hit the English champions with a counter-attack, and Luis Palma scored for the Scots for the fourth time for the final 3:4.Manchester City vs Celtic 3-[4]All Goals Highlight✨ pic.twitter.com/ZltY4zpKJJ— 曼联球迷 (@utdbaki) July 24, 2024