Man of the match İlkay Gündoğan scores twice in 6-0 win in Atlanta
Cherki opens account; Echeverri, Haaland and Bobb also find net
Manchester City will jet into the inland heat of Orlando’s Camping World Stadium for a 3pm showdown with Juventus on Thursday that will decide who claims Group G and swerve (probably) Real Madrid in the last-16.
Seven-nil rather than six-nil against Al Ain would have meant a draw would be enough for the scenario but Pep Guardiola’s stuttering cadre fell a strike short. The manager, though, shrugged this off.
“With one more goal, we would have two options but we only have one now,” said the Catalan. “It would be better but [more] important is that we are in the next phase. If you want to go through you have to face top teams so it does not matter.”
