Man City player ratings vs Barcelona as Jack Grealish and Kalvin Phillips impress

Man City player ratings vs Barcelona as Jack Grealish and Kalvin Phillips impress

Manchester City took on FC Barcelona in their third pre-season friendly of the summer, after a weather delay at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

 

Manchester City’s midfielder James McAtee controls the ball during the 2024 FC Series pre-season friendly football match between Barcelona and City at Camping World Stadium in Orlando

James McAtee in action for Manchester City against Barcelona

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Nico O’Reilly notched his first senior goal for Manchester City as the Blues drew an entertaining contest with Barcelona in Orlando.

 

After an 80-minute delay following a lightning storm, City fell behind at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando when Victor Pau strode through the makeshift defence to slot past Ederson. Erling Haaland’s effort had earlier crossed the line but the officials didn’t spot it, before O’Reilly latched onto a Josko Gvardiol pass to score smartly.

 

Pablo Torre scored on the stroke of half-time, before Mateo Kovacic’s smart turn and run set up Jack Grealish for a much-needed goal, 24 hours after he spoke of wanting to prove people wrong.

 

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Here is how we rated the players at the Camping World Stadium:

 

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Ederson

 

Couldn’t do much about the first goal, got a hand to the second. He was unconvincing against AC Milan and while this was better, it still wasn’t Ederson at his best. 6

 

Rico Lewis

 

Restored to right-back, Lewis was back to his classy self and displayed some silky footwork. Migrated into midfield in the second half. Having a good pre-season. 6

 

Josko Gvardiol

 

Naive for the first goal in his old position of centre-back, but the reverse pass for O’Reilly’s equaliser was brilliant. 6

 

Kalvin Phillips

 

Under a lot of pressure having dropped into defence, and was a little wide for the Barcelona opener. But let’s be fair – he was calm under pressure, kept position well and almost scored at the other end. 7

 

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Good going forward, maybe absent for the second Barcelona goal. Holding left-back down well in the absence of senior players. 6

 

Mateo Kovacic

 

The midfield is just better when he is in it. The turn and run for Grealish’s goal took six players out of the game. 7

 

Nico O’Reilly

 

Still some mistakes, but he’s growing into this tour nicely. A well-deserved and well-taken goal, with some important interceptions too. 7

 

James McAtee

 

You don’t often notice McAtee, but he’s often just doing the basics right. Covered defenders who went forward. Nice link-up with fellow frontmen. 6

 

Oscar Bobb

 

A quieter game than his previous two friendlies, but still a threat. One skillful run almost yielded another assist. 6

 

Jack Grealish

 

He needed that goal. A few warnings in the first half went wide, until he kept calm and smashed into the top corner on the hour. Time to kick on now. 8

 

Erling Haaland

 

His outstretched leg diverted the ball over the line, but a lack of goalline technology deprived him of a third goal in three games. Replaced at half-time for the second game running. 7

 

Stefan Ortega (on 45)

 

A couple of hairy moments but far enough away from goal. 6

 

Maximo Perrone (on 45)

 

Did nothing wrong, but didn’t affect the game too much. 6

 

Mahamadou Susoho (on 65)

 

Another useful run-out in defensive midfield. 6

 

Callum Doyle (on 65)

 

One great challenge to deny Robert Lewandowski. 6

 

Jacob Wright (on 65)

 

Interchanged with Susoho. 6

 

Amar Fatah (on 65)

 

Two or three really good runs into the box. 6

 

Luke Mbete, Micah Hamilton, Jaden Heskey (75-85)

 

All did okay, not much time to get involved.

 

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