The 3️⃣ key players in City's thrashing
Manchester City convincingly defeated Al-Ain in a match that was full of excitement from start to finish.
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Today we chose three protagonists of a match in which, although the Citizens arrived with an advantage, they fulfilled with good grades in the face of the demand to fight for the leadership of the group against Juventus.
Claudio Echeverri
He's just a kid! And yes, he's already scoring goals with the big boys and what goals... the 19-year-old youngster shone with his first goal in the tournament, as he took the free kick like the greats to give us one of the most beautiful goals of the group stage
İlkay Gündoğan
He led the attack and at the beginning of the first half scored the 1-0 and in the second half, he reopened the door with a double, paving the way for two more goals from the English team.
Rayan Cherki
He came on in the second half and directly contributed to the victory of Pep Guardiola's team with a goal and an assist.
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