{"id":217239,"date":"2025-06-27T00:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T00:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217239\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T00:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T00:35:13","slug":"juventus-2-5-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217239\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus 2 – 5 Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City thrashed Juventus 5-2 to finish top of group G at the Club World Cup, meaning they head into the knockouts as the only perfect team.<\/p>\n

Both sides went into the final game with two wins, but City were in dominant mood and put on one of their most complete displays in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

Led by Rodri, who made his first start since last September, City put Juventus under pressure from the off and Jeremy Doku, linking beautifully with Rayan Ait-Nouri, got the scoring started.<\/p>\n

A lapse in concentration from Ederson allowed Teun Koopmeiners to level matters, but a comical own-goal from Pierre Kalulu followed to give City the cushion their play deserved.<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland sprang from the bench at the break and scored his 300th career goal before playing the provider for Phil Foden to make it 4-1. Savinho crashed home a stunning fifth before Dusan Vlahovic netted late for Juve.<\/p>\n

By finishing top, City have given themselves a seemingly easier route through the latter stages, putting themselves on the same side of the draw as Chelsea – meaning there cannot be an all-Premier League final.<\/p>\n

Pep Guardiola’s side will play the runners-up from group H – either Real Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg or Al Hilal – on Monday in the last 16.<\/p>\n

Al Ain came from a goal down to pick up their first win of the tournament with a 2-1 victory over Wydad Casablanca as both sides played their final games of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Pep: Our best performance for a long time<\/p>\n

Manchester City <\/strong>boss Pep Guardiola<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“A long time ago [since] we made a performance like today. With and without the ball, the players were committed.<\/p>\n

“We talked about what we have to improve to be who we were in the past. We’re happy to finish first against a top side and we are waiting on our opponent.”<\/p>\n

Asked if he thought the old City were back, Guardiola said: “Not back, it’s just one game, but today more than anything the players felt again what we have to do to be a good team.<\/p>\n

“They played and they knew it. Belief always comes from your performances, not from the past.”<\/p>\n

‘When Rodri plays, City have control’<\/p>\n

\"Rodri<\/p>\n

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\n Rodri made his first Manchester City start since last September<\/p>\n

Sky Sports News chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol <\/strong>at The Camping World Stadium:<\/p>\n

“There was almost a standing ovation for Rodri as he came off after 65 minutes. He didn’t look like someone who hadn’t started a game for nine months.<\/p>\n

“City’s new-look midfield was particularly effective at the start of the second half, with Rodri sitting deep and the impressive Tijjani Reijnders operating just behind Haaland.<\/p>\n

“When Rodri plays it seems like City have total control of games. It’s good to have him back.”<\/p>\n

Silva: We’re here to win CWC<\/p>\n

Bernardo Silva <\/strong>speaking to DAZN:<\/p>\n

“We’re very happy with what we did against a top team. It was our best performance at this tournament.<\/p>\n

“It’s just another win, an important one that means we qualify first.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if it’s a statement win, it’s just three points. We’re happy to be here and qualify for the last 16.<\/p>\n

“We’re here to win so we’re one step closer to that goal. It’s now kill or be killed. We have to be ready.”<\/p>\n

Sky Sports to show 215 Premier League games from 2025\/26<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/p>\n

Sky Sports will broadcast a record minimum of 215 Premier League matches a season from 2025\/26 after finalising a new four-year agreement for TV rights.<\/p>\n

From the 2025\/26 season, Sky Sports’ exclusively live coverage will increase from 128 Premier League matches to at least 215 games.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City thrashed Juventus 5-2 to finish top of group G at the Club World Cup, meaning they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-217239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114752528659011678","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}