Who did? That was one game that got lucky, that's it. Put them in UCL and they would not even make it to top 24, let alone to anything further. Just because they got lucky one game, doesn't make them that much better, if anyone assumes Al Hilal is better than City, they do not know of football.
I understand they are not as bad as they used to be, like 10 years ago they were bad, they are now better, but they are not THAT much better, not good enough to compete against European teams. Of course it depends on the European team, like if we are talking about teams outside of top 10 big leagues, then yeah they can easily compete.
Who's arguing about Al Hilal been the better team over Manchester City? We should just presume that they got lucky to eliminate Manchester City in the club world cup and still ended up been knocked out by Fluminense. It was a very abstracting game to watch AI Hilal doing the magi and eliminating one of the top favorites team to win the Club World Cup. Football results comes with thrilling emotions I must confess.
Who doesn't have a clue about Football? We know it's been a long run for Chelsea but what made it more special was watching the Blues beating all odds to win Paris Saint-Germain in the club world cup final. They didn't just beat them but humiliated PSG 3 nil in the grand finale.