Man City 4-0 Fluminense: Pep's side win 2023 Club World Cup, Alvarez nets brace

Manchester City added the Club World Cup to their trophy collection as they breezed to a 4-0 final win over Fluminense – but the win came at a price with a worrying injury scare for midfielder Rodri.

Match Report

Manchester City added the Club World Cup to their trophy collection as they breezed to a 4-0 final win over Fluminense – but the win came at a price with a worrying injury scare for midfielder Rodri.

City took just 45 seconds to open the scoring in Jeddah as Julian Alvarez chested the ball home on the rebound after Nathan Ake had struck the post, before Phil Foden's cross forced an own goal from Fluminense defender Nino on 27 minutes.

Foden then capped off a marvellous individual display by tapping home a cross from the left - before Alvarez steered home a late finish from the edge of the box. But the night was soured slightly for City as Rodri limped off injured and in pain after a rough tackle by Fluminense substitute Alexsander.

That was the only blot on a successful night for Pep Guardiola, who picked up his 14th trophy as City manager as a result of this triumph.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

1' GOAL! Man City 1-0 Fluminense (Alvarez)

12' Keno fires his shot into the sky

16' Ederson Foul！But it's offside

27' OWN GOAL! Man City 2-0 Fluminense (Nino)

38' CLOSE! Cano’s shot wide out

43' CLOSE! Grealish’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!

50' Rico goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!

53' CLOSE! Foden’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!

62' CHANCE! Stones header over the bar

72' GOAL! Man City 3-0 Fluminense (Foden)

83' Yellow Card! Kennedy booked

88' GOAL! Man City 4-0 Fluminense (Julián Álvarez)

Line-ups

Man City XI: Walker, Ake, Stones, Ederson, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Rodri, Foden, Julián Álvarez, Rico Lewis

Subs: Carson, Stefan Ortega, Kovacic, Akanji, Kalvin Phillips, Sergio Gómez, Matheus Nunes, Josko Gvardiol, Oscar Bobb, Micah Hamilton, Mahamadou Susoho, Max Alleyne

Fluminense XI: Felipe Melo, Fábio, Marcelo, Germán Cano, Ganso, Samuel Xavier, Keno, Nino, Jhon Arias, André, Matheus Martinelli

Subs: David Braz, Diogo Barbosa, Thiago Santos, Yony González, Marlon, Lima, Daniel, Vitor Eudes, Guga, Pedro Rangel, John Kennedy, Alexsander