Philadelphia, June 19 -- Manchester City kickstarted their FIFA Club World Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over Wydad AC in Philadelphia.

Multi-time Premier League champions started with their two new signings, Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki, with their new skipper, Bernardo Silva, on the bench.

It took only two minutes for City to open their tally on Wednesday (local time), as goalie El Mehdi Benabid could only palm Savinho's cross before Phil Foden put the ball into the net, marking the quickest goal of the tournament so far.

Wydad, though, responded well, with an audacious effort from South African midfielder Thembinkosi Lorch, causing Ederson to backpedal, before the goalie made a fine save, preventing Cassius Mailula from scoring....