Manchester City new striker Julian Alvarez made his debut from the bench in the second half and marked the occasion with the equalizer in the 3-1 Community Shield defeat to Liverpool at the King Power Stadium.
In the 69th minute of this evening’s season-opening Community Shield clash between Liverpool and Manchester City, Pep Guardiola’s men drew level for a moment thanks to Julian Alvarez.
After Julian Alvarez nodded the ball down to fellow summer arrival and strike partner Erling Haaland, the ball made its way to Kevin de Bruyne and he wasted no time in showcasing his killer passing ability.
De Bruyne sprayed the ball across to Phil Foden, who had burst away from Trent Alexander-Arnold, and the wonderkid volleyed a strike towards goal that was blocked by Adrian.
Alvarez showed the kind of hustle that could make him a quick fan favourite in Manchester as he pounced on the loose ball and poked it into the back of the net.
The goal was initially chalked off for offside but a VAR review soon granted Argentine Alvarez a goal on his debut for City.
Excitement is already high for Alvarez’s addition to the team and the ace’s energetic outing on his competitive bow will only intensify that in the Etihad corners.
Despite losing the game, Alvarez goal appears to have brought excitement among Man City fans with many showering praises on him.
Not many positives today but Julian Alvarez is definitely one. What a performance when he came on pic.twitter.com/6Eghzfi8zi
— ⁹ 8x🏆 (@ErlingRoIe) July 30, 2022
The first of Many more to come from the Argentinian! Julian Alvarez🤟🏻🕷❤️🩹🇦🇷💙#JulianAlvarez #alvarez pic.twitter.com/Q16aZ5GJ00
— Football Ferreira (@FootFerreira) July 30, 2022
“Alvarez fits the system much better than Haaland..”
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“Julián Álvarez is going to prove to be extremely important to this Manchester City team. Versatile, intelligent, has an eye for goal, knows when to make the run, works hard off the ball. Haaland will probably score more goals but Álvarez will be just as important.”
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“Plot twist: signing Haaland was just a smoke screen so that nobody would be ready for Alvarez banging in 50+ goals this season.”
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“The Genius for a reason!”
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“That boy would deliver. People are scare of Halland and and not him.”
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“He is real deal, everyone will agree very soon. Just watch his movements.”
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Julian Alvarez scoring on his debut off the bench, reminds me of a certain Argentinian who did the same on his debut pic.twitter.com/CpWrJ3CrMv
— MA (@mcfcmam) July 30, 2022
Julian Alvarez has proved what he can do today. He’s great on the ball, constantly pressing and always front footed. A goal today proves how good he can be for us in any forward positions. He’s looking dangerous for this season, and I’m loving it. El Araña 🕷💙 pic.twitter.com/cikQxidlku
— Sam (@City__Sam) July 30, 2022
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