TV pundits’ curse! Man City predictions backfire in Club World Cup collapse

Three experts were left with egg on their faces after they all confidently predicted Manchester City to beat Al-Hilal in the Club World Cup Last-16 Clash.

The side of Pep Guardiola was dumped by their Saudi opponents in Orlando after an exciting 4-3 match.

A trio that worked in their TV studio for Dazn had given Bullish their score predictions prior to the kick-off.

Former Manchester City and Arsenal Full-Back Gael Clichy thought that his old party would be 3-0 triumph-anitoring that the men of Simone Inzaghi would not be on the score sheet.

Newcastle striker Callum Wilson then agreed that Al-Hilal would draw a blank and the city would predict to win 2-0.

And Shay, who played 50 times in goal for City during his long career, just said 'too strong' and went with his colleagues.

But their confidence in the former Premier League champions was out of place. Al-Hilal tore the defense of City apart several times.

Erling Haaland seemed to be tackling a dijing injury, while Rodri came up and then picked up on a casting point for the city.

Afterwards Guardiola complained about the fact that the implementation did not match the feeling among the group.

“It's too early to say, but I saw many good things I haven't seen in the past,” he said.

'Especially as we were, the relationship between the players. It is sad because I felt that we were happy here. The training sessions have been really good. It's a shame, the vibes have been good. '

Rayan Cherki and Phil Foden later came into play and combined for an excellent goal to make 3-3 in extra time.

But then Marcos Leonardo bundled home in the 112nd minute to give Al-Hilal the victory that sees them progress to the last eight.

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