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Saudi stunner Al-Hilal expose old problems for Guardiola in shock win
The Guardian
|July 02, 2025
What a last-16 tie, what a triumph for Al-Hilal, what crushing disappointment for Manchester City who, as the contest aged, gradually lost shape and tempo and crumpled in this shock of the Club World Cup.
The killer blow of a breathless extra time featuring three goals was administered by Marcos Leonardo in the 112th minute. Renan Lodi curved a cross in from the left, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic rose and headed, Ederson palmed the ball out and the Brazilian forward struck his second goal of the contest. Leonardo headed for a corner flag to begin the Al-Hilal party and the camera panned to Phil Foden, who, eight minutes before, seemed to have saved City.
That had been a magical moment, with the 25-year-old unwilling to allow City to be knocked out by Kalidou Koulibaly's earlier extra-time strike. Rayan Cherki looked up and spun a lob over Al-Hilal's defence for Foden. Running on, the No 47 sculpted a volley across the goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou, and into the net from the tightest of angles to make it 3-3. It was his 100th City goal, on his 319th appearance. On a sweltering night, City had conceded four minutes into the added 30 when Koulibaly leapt and beat Ederson from Rúben Neves's corner.
This story is from the July 02, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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