'If this was on purpose, it's Puskas': Ilkay Gundogan scores 'really beautiful' fluke for Man City at the Club World Cup
Ilkay Gundogan impressed Manchester City fans with a 'really beautiful' fluke against Al Ain on Sunday night.
The 34-year-old opened the scoring against the side from Abu Dhabi after just eight minutes when he lobbed the goalkeeper using his weaker left foot.
A deflected corner kick from the right found Gundogan around 15 yards from goal and he danced around a defender's challenge before dinking the ball towards Erling Haaland at the far post.
What appeared to be an attempted cross beat the keeper all ends up before Haaland watched it into the net, rather than trying to steal the goal for himself.
Reacting to the goal on social media, one fan wrote: 'If this was on purpose, it's Puskas for Gundogan omg'.
Another tweeted: 'Man, Gundogan's guilty goal was really beautiful.'
But not all fans were impressed. One reacted: 'Commentator praising the quality of Gundogan who has skill with his left foot lol. For God's sake, an unintentional goal is not a great goal, he missed the cross and the ball went into the drawer.'
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