Nicolas Kuhn scored twice and Luis Palma scored the winner in the 68th minute as Celtic beat Manchester City 4-3 in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday.
Honduran international Palma, wearing the City captain's armband for the first time, equalized in the 57th minute with Norway's Arling Haaland equalizing at the University of North Carolina's Keenan Memorial Stadium.
The match was a tune-up for the start of the 2024-25 campaign next month for Celtic, winners of the past three Scottish Premiership crowns and four-time defending English Premier League champions Manchester City, who begin their tour of America.
With many top stars rested from the European Championship, City manager Pep Guardiola took the opportunity to analyze the young talent.
The game marked the Celtic debut for goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, the 37-year-old Dane who began his career with City in 2006. He played the first half for the Hoops.
German right-back Kuhn scored twice in the first half for Celtic, playing in their fourth pre-season game.
City, 3-1 up at half-time, responded in the second half with a goal from 21-year-old Argentine substitute Maximo Peron, a left-footed shot from the right into the far corner with his first touch. force
In the 57th minute, Haaland headed the centering pass of Oscar Bob and gave City the lead.
But City's defenders were caught flat-footed near midfield as City's defenders put pressure on the backline as Palma, who entered three minutes in front after Celtic scored the winner in the 68th minute, completed a three-man breakaway.
City substitute Ben Knight was denied an equalizer in the 76th minute when Finland's Celtic keeper Viljami Sinisalo hit the crossbar.
In the 13th minute, Kuhn took a pass from the right side and put City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega ahead before hitting a left-footed shot inside the far post.
Schmeichel denied Haaland with a right-handed save from James McAtee's feed in the 23rd minute.
In the 31st, Schmeichel again denied Haaland, a left-footed shot from the right side that Schmeichel bagged with his left hand.
But in the 33rd minute, Man City equalized after Haaland flicked a deflected shot from Schmeichel into the owning bob.
Kuhn responded for Celtic in the 36th minute, cutting in from the right wing, turning the ball past a defender and curling a left-footed blast high into the goal.
Celtic made it 3–1 in the 44th minute when Kuhn split two defenders with a superb centering pass to Japan's Kyogo Furuhashi, who parried Ortega and fired in a left-footed shot from a steep angle.
Man City's US tour continues against AC Milan at Yankee Stadium in New York on Saturday, with Barcelona in Orlando next week and Chelsea against Chelsea in Columbus, Ohio, among other games.
Celtic will face Chelsea in South Bend, Indiana on Saturday.
