Raheem Sterling watched on from the stands as Manchester City claimed a 1-0 friendly victory over sister club Melbourne City courtesy of a brilliant late volley from Samir Nasri.
Sterling completed his protracted record transfer to the Etihad Stadium from Liverpool on Tuesday, and was an interested onlooker as his new team-mates put on a superb display in an entertaining game at the Cbus Super Stadium in Gold Coast.
Manuel Pellegrini's men were clearly a class above their A-League opponents, who had an excellent goalkeeping performance from Tando Velaphi to thank for keeping them in the match until the closing stages.
But for all of Manchester City's dominance, Melbourne should have been ahead soon after when Stefan Mauk missed the best opportunity of the match.
An incisive breakaway from John van't Schip's side ended with a low cross-shot by Robert Koren, which Mauk somehow contrived to put over the bar from little more than three yards with Willy Caballero stranded.
The Melbourne keeper managed to get a hand to the Frenchman's stinging, rising volley, but his effort simply had too much power and gave the tourists the win their performance merited.
