Man. City crowned FIFA Club World Cup champions
Manchester City demolished Brazilian club side Fluminense 4-0 in Saudi Arabia on Friday to win the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time.
Julian Alvarez was the star man for City as he grabbed a brace and set up another. He was named man of the match.
Alvarez gave City the lead in the first minute of the encounter, He won some space to convert the rebound using his body.
Midway into the first half, City made it 2-0 with an own goal from Nino. While attempting to intercept an offensive pass, Nino scored an own goal.
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Shortly after the restart, Bernardo Silva arrived first to a high rebound and directed a header towards the right post. The goalkeeper was alert and comfortably denied him.
Fabio pulled off a great save to deny Phil Foden, who made some space inside the box and unleashed a quick low drive to the bottom right corner a few minutes into the second half.
In the 72nd minute, Alvarez teed up Phil Foden inside the box, and he kept his cool to find the bottom right corner to make it 3-0.
Two minutes to the end of the match, Matheus Nunes squared the ball to Alvarez, who beat Fabio with a brilliant shot into the bottom left corner.
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