Jeremy Doku set up a brilliant representation with a lot of support and some help from the opposition when Manchester City Juventus defeated 5-2 in the decisive match in the group G of the club World Cup on Thursday in Orlando.
«We played well. I am happy with the victory,» said Doku. «Now we are just curious to see who we are going to play.»
Defender Pierre Kalulu’s Blunder on a cross of Savinho beyond his own ‘keeper, the city bumped into the lead, 2-1, in the 26th minute. In the 52nd minute, Spits Erling Haaland scored while he shuffled his feet with a touch that bordered in an open net on a dish of Matheus Nunes.
It was the 300th career goal combined for Team And Country for 24-year-old Norwegian in just his seventh minute in Thursday’s game.
Phil Foden entered the bank and tapped in the fourth goal of the game (69th minute). The header of Haaland only failed for Savinho to go a rebound of the bar from the road and in the goal to bring the score to 5-1 in the 75th minute.
Juventus cut the lead on an escape from Dusan Vlahovic, who scored for the second consecutive game in the 84th minute.
Effective bound by entering the match with two wins, Man City jumped for Juventus to the top of the table in a decisive victory that also bumped to the top of the tournament with 13 goals. City (3-0-0, 9 points) became the only club that won all three games in the group stage.
As the winner of the Group G, City will remain in Orlando for the quarter-final match on Monday against Group H Runner-Up, Al Hilal. Juventus (2-1-0, 6 points) goes to Miami second in Group G.
Man City continued 2-1 and held the margin during the break, first marked the nine-minute Mark when Doku struck the brakes before the net and found the top right corner.
Teun Koopmeiners equalized the score two minutes later, but that was the last indication of a close struggle.
The victory was the first downright of Man City about Juventus since 1976.
