James Trafford made his first start as Manchester City rounded out their pre-season preparations with a 3-0 win over fellow City Football Group club Palermo at Renzo Barbera on Saturday evening.

I Rosanero had the better of the early minutes, but the inevitable Erling Haaland opened the scoring with 25 minutes on the clock after some fine work from Rico Lewis .

Just moments later, Trafford was called into action to save a header from Joel Pohjanpalo , keeping the Citizens ahead at the interval.

Both managers made changes at half time, but Pep Guardiola brought on a whole new XI that included the likes of Ederson between the sticks and familiar faces such as Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake in the backline.

Substitute Tijjani Reijnders , who joined City fr

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