Ilkay Gundogan scored twice when Manchester City Al Ain hit 6-0 to secure their place in the last 16 of the Club World Cup.
The Premier League side was far too strong for their opponents based in Abu Dhabi under a closed roof in the spectacular Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
The result certainly seemed from the moment Gundogan, which was associated with a move to Galatasaray, opened the score – perhaps by chance – opened by lobbing the keeper after eight minutes.
Teen Claudio Echeverri marked his first city start by adding the second of a free kick and Erling Haaland made the score at 3-0 during the break from the penalty spot.
Gundogan ended a neat movement after 73 minutes before the replacement Oscar Bobb and Rayan Cherki struck to ensure that City and Juventus come from group G.
The two parties meet on Thursday in Orlando to establish the top position, with Real Madrid who may be lurking in the first knockout round.
City, who made 11 changes with regard to their opening victory at Wydad Casablanca, was quickly in the lead, although it was not clear whether Gundogan meant his chip as an attempted goal.
The midfielder of Germany defeated a challenge and subtly ran the ball in the direction of Haaland on the rear post, but no extra touch was required when the ball fell into the net.
Despite their clear superiority, City still had a number of uncomfortable moments in the back and such a saw Nassim Chadli break through on goal, but Stefan Ortega fell behind the shot of the former Morocco Youth International.
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There was a long delay when Echeverri, which started his first city, required treatment after a collision.
The problem of the Argentinian was clearly not too serious, because a little later he stepped up to curl in the second of the city after Matheus Nunes was brought down after 27 minutes.
Haaland could have added another within a few seconds after robbing Park Yong-Woo and the completion of Khalid Eisa, but he shot over the goal from a tight corner.
While the first Mexican waves of the evening gathered Momentum, Josko Gvardiol came even closer when he went against the pole.
Haaland dragged another attempt wide after he was played by Bernardo Silva, but he finally got his goal after City got a penalty in the first half stop time.
The referee initially ignored the claims of the city after Manuel Akanji was struggled on the ground by Ramy Rabia, but the decision was changed after a variety.
Haaland, who criticized after handing over a penalty to Omar Marmoush – who then missed – in the FA Cup final, the keeper quietly sent the wrong direction.
Nunes came close to adding the score after a smart movie and turn his volley flew and flew scary.
Phil Foden, who came during the break, chose Haaland with a low cross from the left, but Eisa denied him with a double salvation.
The fourth goal came when Gundogan took a pass from Silva and brilliantly over Eisa Dook.
City rammed their advantage in the final minutes when Bobb fired a shot in the post and new signing Cherki with a low effort hit from the edge of the area.
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