Manchester City thump Al Ain 6-0 at Club World Cup

Goals from Haaland, Gundogan and caller signing Cherki assistance Man City participate the tournament’s knockout stage.

Manager Pep Guardiola has been near a small disappointed that Manchester City were incapable to get a seventh extremity successful their rout of Al Ain, contempt the English nine securing transition to the knockout stages of the Club World Cup.

German Ilkay Gundogan scored 2 goals arsenic City comfortably dispatched the Emiratis 6-0 astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected Sunday, and drew level with Juventus connected points and extremity quality astatine the apical of Group G.

City play Juventus successful their last opening-round lucifer connected Thursday to determine who tops the radical and who finishes second.

Juventus spell into the clash with a flimsy borderline arsenic goals scored successful the 2nd tiebreaker aft extremity quality for teams level connected points. Juve person scored 9 goals to City’s eight.

In the circular of 16, the apical squad successful Group G volition play the second-placed squad successful Group H, presently Red Bull Salzburg. The runners-up volition look the apical team, presently 15-time European champions Real Madrid.

Juventus bushed Wydad 4-1 successful the different Group G match.

Erling Haaland scored connected a penalty, portion caller signing Rayan Cherki bagged 1 adjacent to full-time, and Claudio Echeverri and Oscar Bobb besides got connected the scoring expanse for City arsenic they purpose to look past a disappointing season.

With an wholly caller lineup aft a 2-0 triumph implicit Morocco’s Wydad successful the radical opener, Man City produced a dominating show successful Atlanta against an overmatched nine from the United Arab Emirates.

Guardiola said that his broadside “pushed and pushed to people different goal” but ended up missing one.

City’s prima guardant Rodri came disconnected the seat arsenic helium continues his gradual instrumentality from an ACL injury.

“He cannot play much than 30 minutes,” the Spanish manager said of Rodri’s return. “He inactive struggles a spot successful the duels, inactive needs to beryllium a small spot stronger, but it’s normal.

“It’s important helium played much, overmuch amended than the erstwhile game. We miss him a lot. Any squad would miss the champion subordinate successful the world.”

In Sunday’s different results, Salzburg and Al Hilal played retired a goalless gully successful Group H aft 10-man Real Madrid won 3-1 against Pachuca.