Manchester Metropolis, the defending champions, have been knocked out of the Membership World Cup within the last-16 after a stunning 4-3 extra-time defeat to Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia.
Pep Guardiola’s aspect made it by the group stage with none issues however struggled in defence throughout this match, conceding 4 objectives and lacking out on a spot within the quarter-finals.
Metropolis began strongly, as they usually do on this competitors, and scored throughout the first 10 minutes for the fourth sport in a row. Captain Bernardo Silva tapped in from shut vary after a poor clearance from the Al-Hilal defence. Nevertheless, the purpose was controversial as Rayan Ait-Nouri appeared to deal with the ball within the build-up, leaving Al-Hilal gamers offended.
Metropolis had extra possibilities within the first half, however goalkeeper Bono made key saves from Savinho, Ilkay Gundogan, and tipped Josko Gvardiol’s header over the bar.
Al-Hilal didn’t have many possibilities within the first 45 minutes, however simply 44 seconds into the second half, Marcos Leonardo headed within the equaliser. Then, within the 52nd minute, former Barcelona participant Malcom ran clear and calmly completed to provide Al-Hilal a shock 2-1 lead.
Metropolis responded rapidly as Erling Haaland scored from a nook simply three minutes later to make it 2-2.
With the sport heading in direction of further time, Manuel Akanji hit the submit with a header and Haaland’s rebound was cleared off the road brilliantly by Ali Lajami.
In further time, Al-Hilal went forward once more when Kalidou Koulibaly, previously of Chelsea, headed in throughout the 94th minute. However Phil Foden got here off the bench to attain a intelligent volley from a decent angle and degree the rating as soon as extra.
Nevertheless, it was Marcos Leonardo who grew to become the hero for Al-Hilal, scoring on the again submit with simply eight minutes left in further time to seal a historic win for the 2021 AFC Champions League winners.
