By Mark Ogagan
Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia stunned Manchester City 4-3 in extra-time in Orlando on Monday to pull off one of the greatest shocks of the Club World Cup and set up a quarter-final fixture against Brazil’s Fluminense.
Marcos Leonardo scored his second of the night in the 112th minute as Simone Inzaghi’s side saw off the Premier League club, who had taken a ninth minute lead through Bernardo Silva.
Quick-fire goals from Leonardo and Malcom in six minutes immediately after the restart put Al-Hilal in front before Erling Haaland equalised for City in the 55th minute.
Four minutes into extra-time, Kalidou Koulibaly headed in Ruben Neves’ corner to put the Riyadh-based club back in front and while Phil Foden levelled again for City Leonardo netted with seven minutes left to take Al-Hilal through.
“We knew it was a difficult game against one of the best teams in the world,” said Koulibaly. “We wanted to show our ideas, our talent, our power and I think that we made a very good game.
“Defensively we were very strong and offensively all of the opportunities we could put inside we put in, so we can be happy,” he said.
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