Manchester City have
arrived in Canada for their end-of-season, just a day after ending their
Premier League campaign by beating Southampton at the Etihad Stadium.
Manuel Pellegrini's side
travelled across the Atlantic to take part in a friendly against Toronto FC at
BMO Field on May 27, before facing Houston Dynamo 24 hours later.
The final leg of the
tour sees City travel to New York to attend their sister club New York City
FC's game against Dynamo in MLS.
The Manchester City Twitter page posted this photograph of the players and staff arriving in Toronto
Edin Dzeko walks in front of Samir Nasri as the Manchester City players boarded an early flight to Toronto
Eliaquim Mangala looks in relaxed mood as he poses next to Bacary Sagna, Dedryck Boyata and Gael Clichy
The Etihad club boarded their flight at Manchester Airport on Monday morning, taking a squad largely consisting of academy players alongside several senior members, including Yaya Toure, Wilfried Bony and Edin Dzeko.
Frank Lampard, who
scored the opener in Sunday's 2-0 win over Southampton, has now begun his
recuperation ahead of his move to the United States next month to finally join
up with City’s MLS franchise.
Sergio Aguero, Martin
Demichelis and Pablo Zabaleta were notable absentees from the touring party,
with Argentina set to play in the Copa America next month - but Fernandinho,
who was selected by Brazil head coach Dunga for the same tournament, did
travel.
City visited Vancouver
in 2011, and has a very active supporters group in Canada.
After a weary defence of
their Premier League crown, Pellegrini will hope the overseas trip, crucial for
the club's growth, is not his last.
Yaya Toure makes an early phone call before boarding City's long flight to Canada on Monday morning
His Ivory Coast teammate Wilfried Bony was also part of the travelling party, as was Clichy and Joe Hart
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