After Manchester City defeated the Japanese Diamonds to go to the Club World Cup Final, PEP Guardiola is 90 minutes from making history.

After Marius Hoibraten, a Norwegian defender, misdirected Nateus Nunes’ cross into his own net during first-half stoppage time, goals from Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva in the second half sealed the win.

Manchester City have secured their place in the Club World Cup final

City cruised past Japanese outfit Urawa Reds in a 3-0 victory

The Asian champs didn’t make a single attempt on goal until the game was almost over, making it far too easy.

Guardiola, meanwhile, won’t be upset because his team shown their capacity to effectively smother their opponents.

This indicates that the Spaniard and his group are getting closer to being the first English squad to win all five of the major awards in one year.

Early sightings by false nine Bernardo Silva and Rodri, both from a full 35 yards away, occurred after City had taken complete possession and positional control.

Mateo Kovacic doubled Man City’s lead to 2-0

The Japanese team finally gave up due to Guardiola’s persistent backpedaling, making the match seem little more than an extended training session.

City was simply too brilliant, even in the absence of Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne, whose images on the enormous displays at either end of the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium elicited the greatest applause of the evening.

Despite this, Jack Grealish’s tantalizing cross into the clutches of goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa—which Bernardo could only assist—was the only genuine opening of the first thirty minutes.

Mateus Nunes’s deft spin saw the Portuguese unleash a soaring drive that was turned over the top, and Nishikawa was duly called into action.

Bernardo Silva put the cherry on the cake for City and secured the 3-0 victory

And Urawa appeared to be headed to halftime level when the goalie turned away first Phil Foden and then Rodri.

Then, in a stunning move, Hoibraten chose to stretch in fear and twisted Nunes’ low cross over the keeper’s left hand and into the bottom corner, nowhere close to Foden.

And the Asian champions had no chance of coming back after Kovacic, seven minutes into the second half, sprinted onto Kyle Walker’s wonderful defense-splitting play, holding off the lone defender and hammering home.

Nunes ought to have scored from a Jack Grealish cross in the third.

However, the unfortunate Hoibraten deflected the ball again, allowing Bernardo’s rebound to find the bottom corner after the keeper had saved Nunes’ thunderous shot.

Only Brazilians Fluminense, notably Marcelo of Real Madrid, now stand in the way of City breaking that record.