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It’s a particular second when a participant scores on his debut and Manchester Metropolis have had a couple of debutants over time knocking in a aim or two to get their profession in Sky Blue up and working.
Some have gone on to realize a legendary standing with the membership whereas others have left the Devoted grateful they’re now not taking part in.
Listed here are 5 such gamers which have scored on their Manchester Metropolis debut:
Neil Winn
A bit again in time, however when Niall Quinn signed for Metropolis in 1990, the Blues, of their first season within the high flight for 2 years, had been heading straight again down, doubtlessly with United. The Blues had been second backside within the league with 9 video games remaining when Howard Kendall determined to strengthen his assault.
Quinn was surplus to necessities at Arsenal and Kendall persuaded Peter Swales to shell out £900k for the striker. The impact was instant. Quinn did what he was introduced in to do and headed residence an equaliser towards Chelsea at Maine Highway, then scored one other three to maintain Metropolis up.
The striker would then play an enormous position within the following seasons as Metropolis established themselves within the high flight, ending within the high 5 two seasons working.
Rolando Bianchi
There was enormous pleasure previous to the 2007/08 season. Metropolis had been taken over by Thaksin Shinawatra and he put in Sven Goran-Erikssen as supervisor, changing Stuart Pearce. The previous England boss wasted no time spending the previous Thai PM’s cash, and Bianchi was excessive on his listing.
The Italian striker had scored 18 targets for Reggina the earlier season and the devoted may barely include their pleasure as the brand new look Blues took to the pitch at West ham for the opening sport of the season.
It took Bianchi simply 18 minutes to attain his first aim in sky blue and that gave the followers an expectation of extra to return. They might be significantly dissatisfied.
Bianchi scored simply 4 targets between August and December and Sven determined that was sufficient time for him to impress and promptly loaned him out to Lazio in January, earlier than making a transfer to Torino the next summer season. Geovanni additionally scored on his debut, however he additionally hit the winner towards United within the derby, so he was advantageous!
Benjani
The switch saga that was Benjani was was simply typical of Metropolis. Sven had loaned Bianchi to Lazio, however solely recognized Benjani as his alternative on the finish of January, proper on switch deadline day. The striker was supposed to maneuver however someway missed two planes to Manchester and didn’t arrive for his medical till after the window had closed. By some means, Metropolis received the deal by way of and he signed in February.
Benjani had been banging targets in for Portsmouth and he made his Metropolis debut within the red-hot environment of Previous Trafford. There was consternation previous to the match because it was the anniversary of the Munich air catastrophe and the behaviour of the Metropolis followers, who for years had chanted songs about Munich, was continuously being questioned. There was nothing to fret about as the religion had been ‘impeccable’ as United referred to as it and the day handed with out incident.
Benjani stole the present as his debut aim despatched Metropolis 2-0 up in Stretford and secured Metropolis’s first win at Previous Trafford since 1974. Sadly for Benjani, it didn’t fairly work out for him in Manchester and he ought to actually have missed the third airplane. Damage performed its half however Benjani would solely rating seven targets for Metropolis in three seasons and was launched by the membership in June 2010.
Sergio Aguero
Nothing stated ‘I’ve arrived’ like Sergio Aguero did in 2011. When the Argentine, and son-in-law of Diego Maradona, signed for the Blues for £32m, some eyebrows had been raised. It additionally prompted one Sky Sports activities pundit to say that Charlie Adam can be a greater signing than Aguero.
The striker began his Metropolis profession on the bench for the opening match at residence to Swansea and changed Nigel de Jong within the 59th minute, The Blues had been main 1-0 due to Edin Dzeko however had been pissed off by the Premier League new boys, who saved the Blues at bay all through the entire of the primary half.
It took Aguero simply 9 minutes to attain, tapping in Micha Richards’ cross within the 68th minute. Three minutes later, the striker chased a hopeless ball and flicked it over his head for David Silva to rifle residence for 3-0, claiming a aim and an help on his debut.
With the clock ticking down, Aguero determined the end the evening in type. 25 yards out, Aguero unleashed a surprising shot that flew previous the keeper to make it 4-0. The Argentine would go on to turn out to be Metropolis’s all-time high goalscorer and exit with a bang, scorign one other two in his remaining match at residence to Everton in ten years later.
Erling Haaland
Metropolis had coveted Haaland for a very long time, even earlier than his transfer from Salzburg to Dortmund in 2020. The Norwegian was scoring for enjoyable in each leagues however many stated Haaland wouldn’t do the identical within the Premier League because it was harder, sooner and Haaland wouldn’t be capable of sustain.
Humble pie was duly served and plenty of hats had been eaten because of these failed predictions. Haaland exceeded all expectations in his first season and confirmed his intentions by bagging a brace on his debut at West Ham (Metropolis love debut targets at West Ham, Gabriel Jesus scored on his debut on the Hammers in 2019).
Haaland’s first got here from the penalty spot 9 minutes earlier than half time after he was introduced down by the keeper. Within the sixty fifth minute, Haaland gave the Metropolis followers a glimpse of what was to return as he ran onto Kevin de Bruyne’s excellent move to attain his and Metropolis’s second.
Haaland would go on to attain 52 targets in 53 appearances in his debut season, and has hit 124 to date for the membership. And with him signing a brand new contract in January, conserving him on the membership till 2034, there are positive to be a lot extra targets earlier than he ends his tenure on the Etihad Stadium.
