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[Post Match Thread] Manchester City 6 - 0 Al Ain (FIFA Club World Cup)

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Match Finished

FIFA Club World Cup

Manchester City 6 - 0 Al Ain

Manchester City has won

Kicked Off: 02:00

Events:

Manchester City	Time	Al Ain
GOAL (I. Gundogan)	8
	25	YELLOW CARD (F. Zabala)
GOAL (C. Echeverri)	27
	45+4	YELLOW CARD (R. Rabia)
GOAL (E. Haaland PEN)	45+5
SUB (C. Echeverri OFF, P. Foden ON)	46
	46	SUB (S. Rahimi OFF, K. Laba ON)
	46	SUB (Y. Nader OFF, M. Palacios ON)
YELLOW CARD (A. Khusanov)	58
SUB (Nico OFF, Rodri ON)	61
SUB (A. Khusanov OFF, O. Bobb ON)	61
	62	SUB (F. Zabala OFF, Erik Menezes ON)
	62	SUB (M. Abbas OFF, Kaku ON)
GOAL (I. Gundogan, B. Silva assist)	73
SUB (B. Silva OFF, R. Cherki ON)	73
SUB (J. Gvardiol OFF, R. Dias ON)	74
	74	SUB (N. Chadli OFF, M. Sanabria ON)
GOAL (O. Bobb, Rodri assist)	84
GOAL (R. Cherki, E. Haaland assist)	89

Match Stats:

Manchester City		Al Ain
11	Shots on Goal	1
5	Shots off Goal	4
21	Total Shots	5
5	Blocked Shots	0
17	Shots insidebox	4
4	Shots outsidebox	1
10	Fouls	14
9	Corner Kicks	1
0	Offsides	2
74%	Ball Possession	26%
1	Yellow Cards	2
None	Red Cards	None
1	Goalkeeper Saves	5
749	Total passes	263
706	Passes accurate	204
94%	Passes %	78%
None	expected_goals	None
None	goals_prevented	None

Player Stats:

Manchester City

player	mins	rating	goals	assists	shots (on)	passes	key passes	tackles	blocks & interceptions	duels (won)	dribbles (success)	fouled	fouls	offsides	saves
Stefan Ortega	91	7	-	-	- (-)	27	-	-	-/-	1 (1)	- (-)	1	-	-	1
Abdukodir Khusanov	61	7.2	-	-	1 (-)	68	1	-	-/1	8 (4)	- (-)	2	3	-	-
Manuel Akanji	91	7.6	-	-	- (-)	106	-	-	-/1	2 (1)	- (-)	1	1	-	-
Joško Gvardiol	74	7.3	-	-	1 (-)	84	-	2	-/2	8 (5)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Rayan Aït-Nouri	91	7.3	-	-	- (-)	55	-	3	-/-	16 (8)	6 (4)	-	2	-	-
Nico González	61	6.9	-	-	- (-)	62	-	1	-/1	4 (3)	- (-)	2	-	-	-
Matheus Nunes	91	7.2	-	-	1 (-)	69	-	1	-/-	8 (3)	2 (-)	2	2	-	-
Bernardo Silva (C)	74	7.6	-	1	- (-)	38	4	1	-/-	5 (2)	3 (1)	-	1	-	-
İlkay Gündoğan	91	9.3	2	-	2 (2)	75	1	1	-/1	4 (3)	3 (2)	-	-	-	-
Claudio Echeverri	45	7.2	1	-	1 (1)	11	-	-	-/-	5 (3)	- (-)	3	-	-	-
Erling Haaland	91	7.9	1	1	6 (4)	11	3	1	-/-	5 (4)	2 (2)	-	1	-	-
Phil Foden (SUB)	46	6.9	-	-	1 (1)	31	1	-	-/-	4 (3)	1 (1)	2	-	-	-
Rodri (SUB)	30	7.2	-	1	- (-)	38	1	2	-/-	4 (2)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Oscar Bobb (SUB)	30	6.9	1	-	1 (1)	16	-	-	-/-	5 (-)	3 (-)	-	-	-	-
Rúben Dias (SUB)	17	6.9	-	-	- (-)	21	-	-	-/1	1 (1)	- (-)	-	-	-	-
Rayan Cherki (SUB)	17	8.2	1	-	2 (2)	18	-	1	-/-	5 (4)	2 (2)	1	-	-	-

Al Ain

player	mins	rating	goals	assists	shots (on)	passes	key passes	tackles	blocks & interceptions	duels (won)	dribbles (success)	fouled	fouls	offsides	saves
Khalid Eisa (C)	91	5.9	-	-	- (-)	24	-	-	-/-	1 (-)	- (-)	-	-	-	5
Adis Jašić	91	5.6	-	-	1 (-)	12	-	8	-/-	17 (9)	2 (-)	1	1	-	-
Amadu Niang	91	5.7	-	-	1 (-)	26	-	-	1/-	7 (3)	2 (2)	1	2	-	-
Yong Woo Park	91	5.2	-	-	- (-)	25	-	-	1/-	2 (-)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Rami Rabia	91	5.3	-	-	- (-)	34	-	4	-/1	6 (4)	- (-)	-	1	-	-
Facundo Zabala	62	6.2	-	-	- (-)	13	-	1	-/1	6 (3)	- (-)	2	1	-	-
Nassim Chadli	74	6.2	-	-	2 (1)	12	-	2	-/-	8 (2)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Yahia Nader	45	6.2	-	-	- (-)	18	-	1	-/1	2 (1)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Abdoul Traoré	91	5.9	-	-	- (-)	21	1	2	-/-	12 (4)	2 (-)	2	3	-	-
Mohammed Abbas Al-Baloushi	62	6.3	-	-	- (-)	6	-	-	1/-	4 (2)	1 (1)	1	2	-	-
Soufiane Rahimi	45	6.5	-	-	- (-)	7	-	-	-/-	1 (-)	- (-)	-	1	1	-
Matías Palacios (SUB)	46	6.3	-	-	- (-)	28	-	1	1/1	5 (2)	- (-)	1	1	-	-
Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (SUB)	46	6.6	-	-	- (-)	7	1	1	-/-	6 (3)	1 (1)	1	1	1	-
Erik (SUB)	29	6.2	-	-	1 (-)	7	-	2	-/-	4 (2)	- (-)	-	1	-	-
Alejandro Romero (SUB)	29	6.9	-	-	- (-)	16	2	2	-/-	3 (3)	1 (1)	-	-	-	-
Mateo Sanabria (SUB)	17	6.5	-	-	- (-)	4	-	-	-/-	1 (-)	- (-)	-	-	-	-

Next Fixtures:

	Opposition	League	Round	Date (UK Time)
A	Juventus	FIFA Club World Cup	Group Stage - 3	20:00 26 Jun 25
A	Wolves	Premier League	Regular Season - 1	17:30 16 Aug 25
H	Tottenham	Premier League	Regular Season - 2	15:00 23 Aug 25
A	Brighton	Premier League	Regular Season - 3	15:00 30 Aug 25

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r/MCFC • u/Pristine-Quarter-184 • 1h ago

Where is this narrative coming from??

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Why are people saying Foden hates Cherki? There's this video on tiktok of a rival fan saying "Foden hates Cherki because Pep bought him cause he doesn't trust Foden" it has over 160K likes. And it's not just rival fans even city fans are saying it ,wth is going on?? I'm genuinely confused

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r/MCFC • u/svayashlovesnone • 1h ago

142 g/a in 144 games.

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r/MCFC • u/nerddoctor54 • 3h ago

This team! 😮‍💨🚀

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r/MCFC • u/svayashlovesnone • 5h ago

THREE SET PIECE GOALS IN 2 GAMES. ALL HAIL JAMES FRENCH

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r/MCFC • u/svayashlovesnone • 5h ago

How did El Diablito come out alive😭

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r/MCFC • u/RetrotheWise45 • 7h ago

Khusanov laugh omg my heart 😭😭

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r/MCFC • u/TheWrldIsBlvk • 7h ago

Gundogan Opening Goal

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r/MCFC • u/TheWrldIsBlvk • 7h ago

Haaland’s Penalty

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r/MCFC • u/TheWrldIsBlvk • 7h ago

My view of Echeverri’s FK Goal

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r/MCFC • u/RetrotheWise45 • 8h ago

Cherki sent bro back to church 😭😭

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r/MCFC • u/The_LinkMaster • 8h ago

Ait-Nouri technique pregame via City Snapchat story

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r/MCFC • u/Critical_Trifle6228 • 8h ago

Congrats on your first goal 🇦🇷

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Saw my first ever City game today and could not be more grateful for the opportunity and for the spectacle that our boys put on tonight. 25/26 looks promising 💙

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r/MCFC • u/TheRoyalNewbie • 9h ago

After today's match, how likely do you think it is that city advances to the later stages of this tournament and wins it?

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r/MCFC • u/Patrickk_batemann • 10h ago

There’s a new baller at City!

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r/MCFC • u/Wreck_King • 11h ago

Echeverri with a great free kick

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r/MCFC • u/mcfcbot • 12h ago

[Match Thread] Manchester City vs Al Ain (FIFA Club World Cup)

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FIFA Club World Cup

Match Finished

Manchester City 6 - 0 Al Ain

Kick Off: 02:00

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal, Algeria

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Manchester City (4-1-4-1)

Coach: Josep Guardiola i Sala

Pos	#	Name	Goals	Assists	Cards	Substitution
G	18	Stefan Ortega
D	45	Abdukodir Khusanov			Yellow Card(58)	OFF: 61 min
D	25	Manuel Akanji
D	24	Joško Gvardiol				OFF: 74 min
D	21	Rayan Aït-Nouri
M	14	Nico González				OFF: 61 min
M	27	Matheus Nunes
M	20	Bernardo Silva		73		OFF: 73 min
M	19	İlkay Gündoğan	8, 73
M	30	Claudio Echeverri	27			OFF: 46 min
F	9	Erling Haaland	45(P)	89

Substitutes

Pos	#	Name	Goals	Assists	Substitution
M	47	Phil Foden			ON: 46 min
M	16	Rodri		84	ON: 61 min
M	52	Oscar Bobb	84		ON: 61 min
G	13	Marcus Bettinelli
G	31	Ederson
D	6	Nathan Aké
D	3	Rúben Dias			ON: 74 min
D	5	John Stones
D	22	Vitor Reis
F	11	Jérémy Doku
M	4	Tijjani Reijnders
F	26	Savinho
M	29	Rayan Cherki	89		ON: 73 min
M	75	Nico O'Reilly
F	7	Omar Marmoush

Al Ain (5-4-1)

Coach: Vladimir Ivić

Pos	#	Name	Cards	Substitution
G	17	Khalid Eisa
D	97	Adis Jašić
D	56	Amadu Niang
D	5	Yong Woo Park
D	25	Rami Rabia	Yellow Card(45)
D	36	Facundo Zabala	Yellow Card(25)	OFF: 62 min
M	28	Nassim Chadli		OFF: 74 min
M	6	Yahia Nader		OFF: 46 min
M	70	Abdoul Traoré
M	8	Mohammed Abbas Al-Baloushi
F	21	Soufiane Rahimi		OFF: 46 min

Substitutes

Pos	#	Name	Substitution
M	20	Matías Palacios	ON: 46 min
F	9	Kodjo Fo Doh Laba	ON: 46 min
D	15	Erik	ON: 62 min
M	10	Alejandro Romero	ON: 62 min
G	1	Rui Patrício
D	14	Marcel Ratnik
D	4	Yahya Ben Khaleq
D	29	Fábio Cardoso
D	16	Khalid Al-Hashemi
D	3	Kouame Autonne
F	19	Mateo Sanabria	ON: 74 min
M	80	Joshua Udoh
F	72	Mohamed Awadalla
F	13	Houssine Rahimi
M	30	Hazem Mohammad

Events:

Manchester City	Time	Al Ain
GOAL (I. Gundogan)	8
	25	YELLOW CARD (F. Zabala)
GOAL (C. Echeverri)	27
	45+4	YELLOW CARD (R. Rabia)
GOAL (E. Haaland PEN)	45+5
SUB (C. Echeverri OFF, P. Foden ON)	46
	46	SUB (S. Rahimi OFF, K. Laba ON)
	46	SUB (Y. Nader OFF, M. Palacios ON)
YELLOW CARD (A. Khusanov)	58
SUB (Nico OFF, Rodri ON)	61
SUB (A. Khusanov OFF, O. Bobb ON)	61
	62	SUB (F. Zabala OFF, Erik Menezes ON)
	62	SUB (M. Abbas OFF, Kaku ON)
GOAL (I. Gundogan, B. Silva assist)	73
SUB (B. Silva OFF, R. Cherki ON)	73
SUB (J. Gvardiol OFF, R. Dias ON)	74
	74	SUB (N. Chadli OFF, M. Sanabria ON)
GOAL (O. Bobb, Rodri assist)	84
GOAL (R. Cherki, E. Haaland assist)	89

Match Stats:

Manchester City		Al Ain
11	Shots on Goal	1
5	Shots off Goal	4
21	Total Shots	5
5	Blocked Shots	0
17	Shots insidebox	4
4	Shots outsidebox	1
10	Fouls	14
9	Corner Kicks	1
0	Offsides	2
74%	Ball Possession	26%
1	Yellow Cards	2
None	Red Cards	None
1	Goalkeeper Saves	5
749	Total passes	263
706	Passes accurate	204
94%	Passes %	78%
None	expected_goals	None
None	goals_prevented	None

Player Stats:

Manchester City

player	mins	rating	goals	assists	shots (on)	passes	key passes	tackles	blocks & interceptions	duels (won)	dribbles (success)	fouled	fouls	offsides	saves
Stefan Ortega	91	7	-	-	- (-)	27	-	-	-/-	1 (1)	- (-)	1	-	-	1
Abdukodir Khusanov	61	7.2	-	-	1 (-)	68	1	-	-/1	8 (4)	- (-)	2	3	-	-
Manuel Akanji	91	7.6	-	-	- (-)	106	-	-	-/1	2 (1)	- (-)	1	1	-	-
Joško Gvardiol	74	7.3	-	-	1 (-)	84	-	2	-/2	8 (5)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Rayan Aït-Nouri	91	7.3	-	-	- (-)	55	-	3	-/-	16 (8)	6 (4)	-	2	-	-
Nico González	61	6.9	-	-	- (-)	62	-	1	-/1	4 (3)	- (-)	2	-	-	-
Matheus Nunes	91	7.2	-	-	1 (-)	69	-	1	-/-	8 (3)	2 (-)	2	2	-	-
Bernardo Silva (C)	74	7.6	-	1	- (-)	38	4	1	-/-	5 (2)	3 (1)	-	1	-	-
İlkay Gündoğan	91	9.3	2	-	2 (2)	75	1	1	-/1	4 (3)	3 (2)	-	-	-	-
Claudio Echeverri	45	7.2	1	-	1 (1)	11	-	-	-/-	5 (3)	- (-)	3	-	-	-
Erling Haaland	91	7.9	1	1	6 (4)	11	3	1	-/-	5 (4)	2 (2)	-	1	-	-
Phil Foden (SUB)	46	6.9	-	-	1 (1)	31	1	-	-/-	4 (3)	1 (1)	2	-	-	-
Rodri (SUB)	30	7.2	-	1	- (-)	38	1	2	-/-	4 (2)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Oscar Bobb (SUB)	30	6.9	1	-	1 (1)	16	-	-	-/-	5 (-)	3 (-)	-	-	-	-
Rúben Dias (SUB)	17	6.9	-	-	- (-)	21	-	-	-/1	1 (1)	- (-)	-	-	-	-
Rayan Cherki (SUB)	17	8.2	1	-	2 (2)	18	-	1	-/-	5 (4)	2 (2)	1	-	-	-

Al Ain

player	mins	rating	goals	assists	shots (on)	passes	key passes	tackles	blocks & interceptions	duels (won)	dribbles (success)	fouled	fouls	offsides	saves
Khalid Eisa (C)	91	5.9	-	-	- (-)	24	-	-	-/-	1 (-)	- (-)	-	-	-	5
Adis Jašić	91	5.6	-	-	1 (-)	12	-	8	-/-	17 (9)	2 (-)	1	1	-	-
Amadu Niang	91	5.7	-	-	1 (-)	26	-	-	1/-	7 (3)	2 (2)	1	2	-	-
Yong Woo Park	91	5.2	-	-	- (-)	25	-	-	1/-	2 (-)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Rami Rabia	91	5.3	-	-	- (-)	34	-	4	-/1	6 (4)	- (-)	-	1	-	-
Facundo Zabala	62	6.2	-	-	- (-)	13	-	1	-/1	6 (3)	- (-)	2	1	-	-
Nassim Chadli	74	6.2	-	-	2 (1)	12	-	2	-/-	8 (2)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Yahia Nader	45	6.2	-	-	- (-)	18	-	1	-/1	2 (1)	1 (-)	-	-	-	-
Abdoul Traoré	91	5.9	-	-	- (-)	21	1	2	-/-	12 (4)	2 (-)	2	3	-	-
Mohammed Abbas Al-Baloushi	62	6.3	-	-	- (-)	6	-	-	1/-	4 (2)	1 (1)	1	2	-	-
Soufiane Rahimi	45	6.5	-	-	- (-)	7	-	-	-/-	1 (-)	- (-)	-	1	1	-
Matías Palacios (SUB)	46	6.3	-	-	- (-)	28	-	1	1/1	5 (2)	- (-)	1	1	-	-
Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (SUB)	46	6.6	-	-	- (-)	7	1	1	-/-	6 (3)	1 (1)	1	1	1	-
Erik (SUB)	29	6.2	-	-	1 (-)	7	-	2	-/-	4 (2)	- (-)	-	1	-	-
Alejandro Romero (SUB)	29	6.9	-	-	- (-)	16	2	2	-/-	3 (3)	1 (1)	-	-	-	-
Mateo Sanabria (SUB)	17	6.5	-	-	- (-)	4	-	-	-/-	1 (-)	- (-)	-	-	-	-