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Manchester City 3-1 Atletico Madrid

Manchester City conclude their pre-season preparations with a 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday afternoon.

The LALIGA side took the lead just before the break courtesy of a strike from Jorge Dominguez.

Egypt star Omar Marmoush, who has been linked with an exit, gave the new coach something to think about after bagging a quick-fire brace before the hour mark.

Algeria international Rayan Ait-Nouri rounded off the scoring for the Cityzens, who will face Arsenal in the Community Shield next weekend.

Arsenal 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

Premier League champions Arsenal suffered a 3-2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in their final pre-season outing.

Mikel Arteta was still without his World Cup stars, but new signing Christos Tzolis got another start in the attack.

Goals from Samuele Inacio, Konstantinos and Joane Gadou sealed the job for the Bundesliga outfit.

Meanwhile, Ethan Nwaneri and Viktor Gyokeres netted for the North London outfit.

Liverpool 2-3 AS Monaco

Liverpool’s shaky pre-season continued after losing 3-2 to AS Monaco after letting a two-goal lead slip.

The Reds raced into a two-goal lead in the first half thanks to goals from record signings Aleksander Isak and Florian Wirtz.

The Ligue 1 side hit back through Aleksandr Golovin before the break, before goals from Mika Biereth and Paris Brunner completed the turnaround in the second half.

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