The fans unleashed the flares while their club was already trailing 2-0 in the second half of the match, hoping to ignite the team.

Manchester City enters this year’s tournament looking to become the first club since Spanish superpower Real Madrid in 2018 to win back-to-back Club World Cups. Though they came short of winning a fifth straight English Premier League title, City has the talent to make a run in its second-ever CWC appearance.

Catch the play-by-play updates from the MCI vs WAC, Group G football match at the Lincoln Financial Field, as it happened