Yaya Toure made an impressive debut as Manchester City beat Club America on penalties at the Georgia Dome.

Emmanuel Adebayor netted a first-half penalty after Aquivaldo Mosquera brought down Adam Johnson, but Enrique Esqueda wriggled past an uncertain Joleon Lescott to equalise two minutes after the break.

City's display in the International Soccer Challenge was much more coherent, as they stepped up their game following defeats against Sporting Lisbon and New York Red Bulls on their United States tour.

The match was most notable for a fine 45-minute performance from midfield signing Toure and the return to action of half-time substitute Shay Given, who saved two penalties in the shoot-out as City triumphed.

Toure, brought in for £24million from Barcelona, patrolled the midfield very effectively alongside Gareth Barry as City dominated possession in the first half.

Despite that, Club America had the best chance of the opening half-hour, as Daniel Montenegro’s 25-yard drive hit the post with Joe Hart beaten.

Adebayor’s spot-kick nine minutes before half-time gave City the lead they deserved on the balance of play.

Mancini’s decision to make seven changes at the break did disrupt his side’s rhythm, and Lescott was lucky not to concede a penalty with 60 seconds of the restart as he appeared to haul down Matias Vuoso.

It was the most significant moment of the night for Vuoso, the man who notoriously never made a first-team appearance for the Blues after Kevin Keegan paid Independiente £3.5m for him eight years ago.

But while Vuoso was unfortunate to be denied a spot-kick, Club America did draw level from their next attack as Esqueda coolly slotted the ball past Given.

Pablo Zabaleta impressed in a holding midfield role as America began to look increasingly dangerous.

But it was City who had the best chances to win the game in 90 minutes, as keeper Guillermo Ochoa recovered well to deny Jo after spilling Vladimir Weiss’s shot, and then Adebayor hit the underside of the bar in the closing moments.

Given, making his first appearance for City since dislocating his shoulder against Arsenal in April, pressed his claims for a starting place by saving from Mosquera and Montenegro in the penalty shoot-out.

The Blues scored all four of their penalties to win the game, thanks to Adebayor, Jo, Weiss and Patrick Vieira.

Mancini was pleased to see some of his World Cup men – Toure, Barry, Weiss and Shaun Wright-Phillips – get their first match action of the tour, which concludes against Inter Milan in Baltimore in the early hours of Sunday, UK time.

CITY: Hart (Given 46), Richards (Cunningham 81), Toure Kolo (Lescott 46), Boyata, Bridge, Kompany (Zabaleta 46), Toure Yaya (Ireland 46), Barry (Vieira 46), Wright-Phillips (Weiss 46), A. Johnson (Jo 46), Adebayor.

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