How do you guys judge Man City's yesterday's performance against Saudi Al-Hilal, when the Citizens unexpectedly dropped out of the FIFA Club World Cup after losing 4-3?
I'm not going to lie, this is not the result I was expecting. The City did perfectly in the group stage (winning 3 out of 3) and I believed they are level above and would not have any problems going through to the quarter-finals.
I'm not sure if I underestimated Al-Hilal, or overestimated Man City. Either way, losing 4 goals in a game is a clear indicator of something not working as it should in the defense. They did dominate in both ball possession and shots on goal, but they still allowed Al-Hilal to make 17 shots with 6 on target, which is quite a lot.
I hear that Guardiola acknowledged the problem, so hopefully he will work towards fixing it before the season starts. But it's a shame they dropped out so early being one of the favourites.
The performance of Alhilal Saudi Club was not bad against Fluminense football team but that team could not do more goals in this match. The stats of Alhilal Saudi Club was excellent because that team shots were 15 in this match which were more against opponent team and 4 shots were on target. The possession percentage of that team was brilliant which was 58 percent and that passes of that team were also more in number and these were 432 . But the stats of Fluminense team was comparatively less good because shots were less and 3 shots were on target.That team did more goals in this match and that was the reason, they easily won this match but possession percentage was low in this match.