Cherki's performance has people talking. He was only introduced in the game with 15 minutes left, but the newest cameo from Rayan Cherki for Manchester City will be viral for the right reasons.
City made a declaration of intent as goals from Jeremy Doku, Pierre Kalulu on Thursday [OG]Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Savinho have sealed an emphatic 5-2 victory over Juventus in their last club World Cup Group stage game.
Erling Haaland took the headlines after reaching 300 career goals, which means that he has reached the monument in fewer matches than Cristiano Ronaldo (554 matches), Lionel Messi (418 games) and Kylian Mbappe (409 games).
But for many, the performance of Summer Signing Rayan Cherki was the largest high point – even if he was only on the field for 15 minutes.
Cherki, who came to Pep Guardiola from Lyon this month for a reported £ 34 million, has already made an impression when training after detailed describing how the city manager wants to use him in the coming weeks and months.
“I spoke with Pep about my position on the field and we talked about what I like when I'm on the field. It's very good for me,” said Cherki. “He told me he loves a number 10, but now I play all the positions in the field, it's not complicated because I just want to play.”
The 21-year-old attacking midfielder replaced Rayan Ait-Nouri in the 75th minute against Juventus and quickly settled in the game, where Filip Kostic Nootmegging with a scandalous piece of skill that brought “Oooh's” of the Florida Memite.
As you can see in the clip below, the technical skill of Cherki could be seen during his second half of cameo.