On June 30, in the 1/8 finals of the 2025 Club World Cup, the Premier League giants Manchester City, the top of Group G, faced the Saudi giants Riyadh Crescent, the second in Group H. In the 9th minute, B Silva scored in the chaos. Although Crescent protested that Manchester City players had handball first, the referee determined that the goal was valid. Bono made many great saves and kept Manchester City's shots out of the door many times. In the second half, the situation changed suddenly. Leonardo and Malcolm overtook Riyadh Crescent within 6 minutes. In the 55th minute, Manchester City took advantage of the corner kick opportunity and Haaland equalized the score with a shot in front of the goal. At the end of regular time, the two teams were tied 2-2 and the game entered overtime. In the 94th minute, Koulibaly scored with a header. In the 104th minute, Foden, who came on as a substitute, scored from a small angle. In the 112th minute, Leonardo scored a goal with a supplementary shot into the empty goal, and then took off his shirt to celebrate and was given a yellow card. At the end of the game, Riyadh Crescent eliminated Manchester City 4-3 in extra time and advanced to the quarterfinals.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City took the lead. In the first minute, Ederson made a long pass to Haaland on the right side of the frontcourt, who was double-teamed by the opponent. Then the ball was intercepted by Crescent, and Savinho fouled again. In the 3rd minute, B Silva made a cross, the ball was refracted and slowed down, and Bono attacked and confiscated the ball. In the 4th minute, Manchester City made a series of back passes in the middle, and then passed the ball to Doku in the frontcourt. The latter made a straight pass, and Nunes advanced, but failed to catch up with the ball. Bono fell to the ground and hugged the ball. In the 5th minute, Nunes intercepted the ball, Manchester City launched a counterattack, and finally got a corner kick. In the 6th minute, Manchester City took a corner kick, Doku made a cross, Diaz headed the ball, the angle was too straight, and Bono held the ball. In the 8th minute, Reinders fouled, Riyadh Crescent set the ball in the backcourt, and then launched an attack. Milinkovic made a big pass, Lodi advanced, knocked the ball in the middle, Dosari followed up and shot, there was a deflection, and the ball was confiscated by Ederson.

In the 9th minute, Doku made a lob pass, Nouri made a cross from the bottom, and B Silva scored in the chaos. Afterwards, Riyadh Crescent players surrounded the referee for a long time to protest, believing that Nouri had handballed first. But the referee was firm in his judgment and did not check VAR, judging that the goal was valid. Manchester City led Riyadh Crescent 1-0.

In the 21st minute, Savinho got the ball on the right side of the frontcourt and kicked the ball away. In the 23rd minute, Doku dribbled past the defender and shot inside, but Haaland at the back post failed to grab the ball, and the ball slipped past the goal. In the 24th minute, the Riyadh Crescent kicked out a goal kick, but there was a mistake. Haaland intercepted the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed it directly to Savinho, who passed the goalkeeper and shot into the empty goal, but was blocked by the fallen Bounou. Then Riyadh Crescent quickly cleared the ball.

In the 27th minute, Riyadh Crescent took a set-piece from the backcourt. Milinkovic passed the ball in the midfield. Leonardo passed Gvardiol in one step after getting the ball, and was then pulled down by Gvardiol from behind. The referee whistled for a foul and showed Gvardiol a yellow card. Riyadh Crescent got a set-piece, Neves kicked it out, and Milinkovic, who inserted at the back post, passed it. Then the referee blew the whistle and called Milinkovic offside. In the 29th minute, Savinho made a straight pass to Gundogan, who faced the goalkeeper half-solo and shot directly, but the ball was saved by Bunu. Manchester City took a corner kick, and Gvardiol headed the ball in the middle of the penalty area, but was saved by Bunu again. In the 31st minute, Manchester City had a corner kick opportunity on the right, and Gvardiol headed the ball and was saved by Bunu again.

In the 32nd minute, the game was suspended and entered the water replenishment time. In the 37th minute, Doku received a cross from the right and volleyed, but was firmly held by Bunu. In the 38th minute, Nunes fouled and received a yellow card. In the 44th minute, Doku was double-teamed when he dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area. Riyadh Crescent intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Milinkovic pushed the ball into the middle circle and sent a straight pass to Malcolm who was on the right. The latter made a cross from the bottom, and Leonardo in the middle of the penalty area headed the ball, but it was too high. In the 45th minute, Manchester City made continuous small-scale cooperation. B席 shot at a small angle. The ball was saved by Bono. Riyadh Crescent quickly cleared the ball and launched an attack. Malcolm cut inside to the front of the penalty area and shot the ball. The ball hit the defender and went out of the baseline. Riyadh Crescent got the first corner kick. Neves took the corner kick with too much force and the ball went directly out of the baseline.

At the end of the half, Manchester City temporarily led 1-0 with B席's goal!

In the 46th minute, Bono split the ball, Cancelo advanced with the ball and made a cross from the bottom. The ball was first saved by Ederson, but not far away. The two sides were in a melee in the small penalty area, and Leonardo scored with a header.

In the 52nd minute, Manchester City attacked with a corner kick. The ball was cleared by Riyadh Crescent. Malcolm got the ball near the center circle. Manchester City only had the goalkeeper in their own half. Malcolm went straight to the goalkeeper and pushed the ball into the goal.

In the 53rd minute, Manchester City made three substitutions, with Ake, Akanji and Rodri replacing Nunes, Gvardiol and Gundogan.

In the 55th minute, Manchester City had a corner kick opportunity. B Silva took a corner kick, Ake passed the ball, and Haaland shot in front of the goal, and the score on the field became 2-2.

In the 57th minute, Malcolm was tripped by Dias in the penalty area, but the referee indicated offside first and there was no penalty. After VAR inspection, it was confirmed that Malcolm was offside. In the 62nd minute, Rodri's long shot from the front of the penalty area was blocked out of the bottom line, and then Manchester City's corner kick opportunity was blocked. Doku received a cross and headed the ball off. In the 67th minute, Manchester City attacked with a corner kick, the ball came out, and the referee whistled, calling Haaland for a foul in the penalty area. In the 74th minute, Manchester City had consecutive offensive opportunities on the left, and Doku headed the ball again but it flew.

In the 79th minute, Riyadh Crescent had a free kick opportunity, and Kanu's header from the penalty spot was also slightly off. In the 82nd minute, Reinders made a cross from the right, and Haaland's header was too high. In the 84th minute, Manchester City took a corner kick from the left, and Akanji's header hit the crossbar. Haaland's supplementary shot was cleared by Koulibaly on the goal line. In the 86th minute, Ruben Dias made a long shot from the top of the arc, and the ball was saved by Bouno again. Then Manchester City took consecutive corner kicks, and Haaland's header was caught by Bouno again.

In the 89th minute, Lima cut in from the right side of the penalty area and shot high. In the second half, 6 minutes of stoppage time were added. In the 90+5th minute, B Seat's long shot outside the penalty area was deflected and caught by the goalkeeper. At the end of the 90-minute regular time, Manchester City 2-2 Riyadh Crescent entered overtime.

Overtime began, and in the 94th minute, Riyadh Crescent scored again! Koulibaly scored a header from a corner kick, and Al-Hilal beat Manchester City 3-2!

In the 104th minute, Manchester City equalized the score! Sherki crossed the penalty area from the right, and Foden shot from a small angle and scored, and the score between the two sides came to 3-3.

At the end of the first half of the extra time, the two sides were still tied.

In the second half of the extra time, in the 112th minute, Al-Hilal took the lead again! Milinkovic received a cross and headed the ball, but Ederson saved it not far away, and Leonardo made an empty goal, and Al-Hilal beat Manchester City 4-3.

In the end, Manchester City lost 3-4 to Al-Hilal and failed to advance to the quarterfinals!

Both teams' starting lineups

• Manchester City: 31-Ederson, 27-Nunes (25-Akanji in the 53rd minute), 24-Gvardiol (6-Ake in the 53rd minute), 3-Reuben Dias, 21-Nuri, 19-Gundogan (16-Rodri in the 53rd minute, 47-Foden in the 91st minute), 4-Reinders (29-Sherki in the 91st minute), 20-Bernardo Silva, 26-Savinio, 11-Doku, 9-Haaland (7-Mar in the 91st minute) Mush)
• Riyadh Crescent: 37-Bouno, 20-Cancelo (88-Hamad Yami in the 88th minute), 3-Kulibaly, 6-Lodi, 8-Ruben Neves, 24-Halbi (5-Bleich in the 88th minute), 22-Milinkovic, 28-Kanu (78-Rajami in the 83rd minute), 16-N-Dosari (18-Juwaier in the 106th minute), 77-Malcolm (27-Lima in the 64th minute), 11-Leonardo (7-Ghanem in the 116th minute)