Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne remind Man City of Club World Cup bonus

Manchester City defeated Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 to book their place in the final of the Club World Cup.

Pep Guardiola's side will take on Fluminense on Friday in the climax of FIFA's showpiece event to determine the best team on the planet after comfortably easing past their Japanese opponents. Some good play from Matheus Nunes helped break the deadlock at the end of the first half and City showed their quality after the break with further strikes from Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva.

With Erling Haaland commanding attention without even playing, here are some of the talking points from City's victory on Tuesday teatime.

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As the first half struggled to take off, the biggest cheers from the crowd came when the big screens focused first on Erling Haaland and then Kevin De Bruyne. That is no surprise given the pair are City's most high-profile players, but did illustrate the commercial opportunity the club have missed out on.

Pep Guardiola will be more concerned with winning the Club World Cup without them and getting them back out on the pitch, but as much as the team are in Saudi Arabia to win a trophy the club are out to win as many fans as possible in the Middle East after seeing impressive returns out in Japan and Korea this summer. Injuries to their key men have diluted that, meaning locals may have to make some new heroes if they are to become City converts.

De Bruyne was never expected to be back for Everton, but the news that Haaland and Jeremy Doku will both miss the final on Friday raises doubts over their sharpness for the first game when City