Manchester City vs. Al-Hilal score: Saudi Arabian squad ousts English giant in thriller at Club World Cup

Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia supplied the biggest upset of the club World Cup on Monday and hit and hit Manchester City 4-3 After extra time in a statement victory for the last remaining team of the competition from outside Europe or South America.

City started a strong start with a goal of Bernardo Silva After only nine minutes, although Al-Hilal had their nagging with the strike. There was a group of players from both sides on just a few feet of the goal when the ball entered their environment, and the ball ricochned in it Ilkay Gundogan Before falling to Silva and scoring it up close. Al-Hilal players and employees protested that there was a handball, but after a few heated discussions on the field was the goal.

The English side continued to dominate in the first half and brought the game to a defensive al-Hilal before the break with nine shots, seven on goal and 2.08 expected goals. Al-Hilal Keeper Yassine BounouHowever, was ready for the task and made six saves before the half -time whistle blew.

However, it was a different story in the second half, with Al-Hilal that brought with an equalizer within a minute after the restart thanks Marcos Leonardo. Joao Cancelo a ball in the box Ederson Initially, a touch got, but the ball bounced back and forth until he landed to Leonardo, whose light header got surprisingly the better from the urban goalkeeper despite a lack of pace on the ball.

Six minutes later Al-Hilal took the lead for the first time in the game. They went to a counter and eventually Ancanneo sent the ball Malcom’s Way, who then went in the long term before he slid the ball into the back of the net with a shot from a distance.

However, that lead was short -lived, with Erling Packing an equalizer for the city only three minutes later. City deserved a corner and although it did not land right on the path of Haaland, the Norway International did well to follow the ball despite the frenzy in the penalty area and he eventually scored up close.

After ending the regulations even at 2-2, things really broke loose in the extra 30 minutes. Al-Hilal first hit with Kalidou Koulibaly With his side a 3-2 lead with a header from a corner in the 94th minute. The call-and-response character of the game continued with the equalizer of the city 10 minutes later thanks to replacement Phil Footthat a cool finish of Rayan Cherki’s Stellar cross the box.

The final goal in a seven goal -up thriller came eight minutes from the last whistle when Leonardo got the last touch on a ball, even if it seemed to be a casual. The header of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was saved by Or Nomouwon, but the ball immediately went back into the game and although Leonardo fell, he gets the right touch on the ball and sends it past Edererson and right in the back of the net.

City was dominant with 30 shots on the 17 of Al-Hilal, and set 14 on goal en route and 4.21 expected goals for the 3.16 of their opponent, but were surpassed by a strong performance of Bounou, who made 11 saves in total, as well as their own defensive wraps. It means that they officially end the season Trophy-Lower for the first time since 2016, that the first Pep Guardiola campaign was in charge of the club.

As far as Al-Hilal is concerned, it marks a moment of explanation for the Saudi club game after the Public Investment Fund has deposited billions of dollars in a handful of clubs, who stand in line with controversial players and managers along the way. Although attempts to sign Cristiano Ronaldo and N’Golo Kante on time for the World Cup Club, they never blew to flourish, they hired manager Simone Inzaghi with weeks until their first competition at the competition, those two years after are two years after Under Silk lost from the city in the final of the UEFA Champions League.

Al-Hilal plays Fluminense, another surprise winner on Monday after they have defeated Inter 2-0, in the quarterfinals on Friday in Orlando.