After Marcos Leonardo, Malcom and Koulibaly scored against the opponent, Al-Hilal defeated Premier League giants Manchester City 4-3 in the round of 16 of the 2025 Club World Cup. Inzaghi said that the most important element to achieve this wonderful result was the players and praised Guardiola as the best coach in the world.

Nine minutes into the game, Ait Nouri's cross hit Gundogan, and Bernardo Silva seized the opportunity to shoot into the goal, helping Manchester City take the lead 1-0. At the beginning of the second half, Marcos Leonardo scored a header to help Riyadh Crescent tie the score at 1-1.

In the 52nd minute, Cancelo assisted Malcolm to score, helping Al-Hilal to lead the opponent 2-1. Three minutes later, Haaland broke through Al-Hilal's goal, helping Manchester City to tie the score 2-2. In the 94th minute of extra time, Ruben Neves took a corner kick and Koulibaly scored with a header, helping Al-Hilal to take the lead again with 3-2.

Although Rayan Sherkyi assisted Foden to score a volley in the 104th minute, making the score 3-3, Marcos Leonardo made a follow-up shot in the 112th minute. In the end, Riyadh Crescent defeated Manchester City 4-3 and successfully obtained a ticket to the quarterfinals.

Inzaghi, the new coach of Al-Hilal, said in an interview, "The key to this result is the players. They have put a lot of effort into this game. We must do extraordinary things because we all know what kind of team Manchester City is."

"It was like climbing Mount Everest without oxygen, and we did it. Every player performed very well in every aspect, whether in possession or without the ball."

Inzaghi said, "We were very organized in possession of the ball, and the opponent was a team that was very strong and strong in possession of the ball, but we were also very good from a technical level."

"For me, Guardiola is the best manager in the world, but we played at our best and I really believe we deserved it."

In addition, Inzaghi added, "We have been working together for less than three weeks, but the players' commitment can be seen from the game. They really made great efforts. As a coach, this is very gratifying. These players played such a performance and brought the team into the quarterfinals."