Key stats
- Manchester City have scored in each of their last three games in the FIFA Club World Cup, scoring 13 goals in that run.
- Erling Haaland has now scored 300 goals for club and country in his career.
- City remain the only team with a 100 per cent record at this edition of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Highlights
Analysis
Manchester City enjoyed the bulk of the momentum in both halves, with Juventus forging a brief spike in the latter stages.
Energetic Portuguese winger Bernardo Silva put in an impressive display from the right wing for City.
Match report
Much has been made of Pep Guardiola’s squad rotation at this tournament, and although he once again made wholesale changes, his side showed no signs of being unfamiliar with each other.
Not even 10 minutes were on the clock when their early pressure told, as new signing Rayan Aït-Nouri threaded an inch-perfect pass through for Jérémy Doku, who stepped inside and found the far corner.
Their joy was short-lived, though, and City only had themselves to blame, as Ederson’s loose pass was pounced upon by Teun Koopmeiners, who strode forward and drilled an effort beneath the Brazilian.
If Juve’s equaliser was a gift, then the goal that put City back ahead was nothing short of comical.
There appeared to be no danger when Matheus Nunes drilled the ball across the face of goal, but with no City players around him, Pierre Kalulu incredibly turned the ball into the back of his own net.
As the heavens opened in Orlando before HT, City were raining efforts on the Juve goal too, and both Omar Marmoush and Aït-Nouri forced Michele Di Gregorio into fine saves before the break.
The Juve stopper was powerless to prevent City from doubling their advantage after the restart, though.
Nunes was incredibly unselfish in the build up, arrowing in from the right before laying the ball on a plate for HT substitute Erling Haaland to stroke into an empty net.
It was always likely to be a tall order for Juve to get back into the game, but they spurned a great chance when Dušan Vlahović failed to round Ederson when one-on-one with the Brazilian.
His misery was compounded seconds later as Savinho teed Phil Foden up following a long ball forward to put the game to bed.
There was no simplicity about City’s fifth goal, with Savinho netting the pick of the bunch as he powered home an effort off the underside of the bar from 20 yards.
Vlahović did snatch a late consolation for Juventus in the final 10 minutes, but it was never going to be enough to secure them the point they needed to top the group.
That means they’ll now face the winners of Group H, which is likely to be Real Madrid, while City will face the runners-up and have the perceived advantage of remaining in Orlando for the last 16.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City)
Post-match comments
Man City captain Bernardo Silva to DAZN:
"I think we are very happy with what we did today.
"Apart from the little mistakes we made individually, probably the best performance we had in this tournament. We qualified first in the group and we're very happy.
"We're happy to have qualified for the last 16. We are in this tournament to win. We are one step closer to that goal."
Juventus boss Igor Tudor to DAZN:
"They were better. They controlled. It was difficult to play. Then we wanted to change a little bit. It was not easy to make pressing this way.
"They were much better. We need to be complete as a team."
Man City boss Pep Guardiola to DAZN:
"I liked the way we did it.
"It has been a long time since we had a performance like this on and off the ball. The players were committed and we are happy to beat a top side.
"This is just one game, but I think the players felt again what it was like to be a good team. The belief always comes from your performances, not your past."
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