Man City lift the Club World Cup trophy for the first time

Manchester City's victory extended European clubs' domination of the competition since 2012 and was never in doubt once Julian Alvarez opened the scoring inside the first minute.

Nino's first-half own goal realistically ended the Brazilians' dreams of an upset, before Phil Foden and Alvarez rounded off the scoring in the final 20 minutes. City's poor Premier League form before flying out to Saudi Arabia had raised Fluminense hopes that Pep Guardiola's men could be vulnerable.

But the growing chasm between Europe's elite clubs and the rest of the world thanks to huge financial imbalances in the global game was instead exposed. European clubs have won 22 consecutive games at the Club World Cup.