Manchester City Al Ain 6-0 brought aside to seal their place in the knockout phase of the club World Cup.
Ilkay Gundogan scored twice for City in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, with Rayan Cherki helped himself to his first city goal.
Gundogan opened the score after eight minutes when his cross-shot over all keeper Khalid Eissa Dreef.
Claudio Echeverri doubled the advantage of the city with an excellent free kick in the 27th minute to mark his first start in style, before Erling Haaland scored from the penalty spot on the break, with Josko Gvardiol that also got the post.
In his second of the match, Gundogan donated halfway through the second half, before two replacements complete the score in front of Pep Guardiola.
Oscar Bobb cut in from left to Lash -house in the 84th minute, with new signing Cherki that comes in the act with a low finish.
The city is second in Group G, which means that she has beaten Juventus-Die Wydad AC 4-1 in their next game to prevent them from being confronted with the winner of Group H, possibly Real Madrid, in the last 16.
10 – The teams of Pep Guardiola have all won 10 of their matches on the @fifacwc (including previous formats), with opponents defeating 33-2 in the trial. Comfortable. pic.twitter.com/6nikshott
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Data Debrief: Pep's Talk works a treat
After a stuttering performance in the 2-0 victory of City over Wydad on match day, Guardiola promised that his side would be better in their next game, and his much changed team delivered properly.
City punctuates the goal of Al Ain, with 21 shots and gained 11 on goal, creating opportunities at 3.92 expected goals, although that figure was helped by the spot kick that already gave Ramy Rabia supposed to have felled Manuel Akanji after a VAR assessment.
Al Ain only succeeded in one shot on goal, while Guardiola keeps his 100% winning record at the Club World Cup (including the previous format), which stretched that run to 10 games, whereby his teams defeated their opponents 33-2.
After losing 5-0 to Juve in their opening match, Ain has now bound the second largest margin of defeat in the history of Club World Cup, which was only previously set up on match day two when Benfica Auckland City 6-0 insisted.