Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City: Player ratings as Cityzens cruise into Club World Cup final

Manchester City booked their place in the Club World Cup final with a routine 3-0 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday.

City had to work hard in the first half but poked themselves ahead shortly before the interval with an own goal, before Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva struck early in the second to seal a comfortable win for the European champions.

Brazilian outfit Fluminense await City in Friday's final.

City were predictably dominant early on but they were sloppy when it came to playing out from the back and goalkeeper Ederson had a handful of scares inside the opening ten minutes from some uncomfortable back-passes.

Urawa sat deep to try and frustrate their hosts and were wildly successful in the opening stages. City managed just one shot on target in the first half an hour, with Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa making a comfortable save.

The Urawa stopper was a little more active as the first half ticked on. Nishikawa made a nice save to send Rodri's close-range strike over the bar before turning Phil Foden's relatively comfortable shot around his post.

City's hard work finally paid off on the strong of half-time when Matheus Nunes cross was turned into the back of the Urawa net by Marius Hoibraten.

It took just six minutes of the second half for City to add a second. Kovacic went racing through on to a pass from Kyle Walker and flashed his composure to fire into the back of the net.

Nunes missed the chance to head home a third soon after, but Silva made no such mistake as his half-volley deflected into the back of Nishikawa's net.

Urawa did not give up hope and did half the occasional half-sight of City's goal, but the European champions were simply too strong and held on for a comfortable win.

GK: Ederson — 6/10