Cherki's performance has got people talking. He was only introduced to the game with 15 minutes remaining but Rayan Cherki's latest cameo for Manchester City is going viral for all the right reasons.
City made a statement of intent on Thursday as goals from Jeremy Doku, Pierre Kalulu [OG], Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Savinho sealed an emphatic 5-2 win over Juventus in their final Club World Cup group stage game.
Erling Haaland grabbed the headlines after reaching 300 career goals, which means he has reached the landmark in fewer games than Cristiano Ronaldo (554 games), Lionel Messi (418 games) and Kylian Mbappe (409 games).
But for many, the performance of summer signing Rayan Cherki was the biggest highlight – even if he was on the pitch for just 15 minutes.
Cherki, who joined Pep Guardiola's side from Lyon this month for a reported £34 million, has already made an impression in training after detailing how the City manager wants to use him in the coming weeks and months.
“I spoke with Pep about my position on the pitch and we spoke about what I enjoy when I’m on the pitch. 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 pitch, 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 into the game, nutmegging Filip Kostic with an outrageous piece of skill that brought "oooh's" from the Florida crowd.
As you can see from the clip below, Cherki's technical ability was on show throughout his second-half cameo.
Yaeblpru
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His skilful I give him that probably more than sancho if you ask me the kid has been progressing slowly and now established himself to the world he is going to be a problem for teams united just have his medicine that’s all sometimes the devil is more powerful than it looks as we showed to him.
Soeacekpt
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Can someone please whisper to his ear that we welcome him to Premier League 😅😅😅😅
cemcdekln
26
Cherki,,, is not an easy player I want him to face Arsenal(Zumbimedi) and Iiverpool(Wits) to see who's the best
UniverseMan
12
How much games Haaland needed before 300 goals?
Enkay2k
8
I watched the game. But where is the compilation clip???