Iqraam Rayners fires Sundowns to Club World Cup victory

Iqraam Rayners scored the only goal of the game at the Inter & Co Stadium in the 36th minute and was subsequently named Man of the Match for his performance that could have seen the player grab a hat-trick.

When the game finally started, over an hour after the scheduled kick-off as a result of the weather in Florida, it was the South African's who found themselves on top.

The Brazilians dominated the early possession stakes, but without creating any realy clear-cut chance.

Rayners was lively in the wide areas and gave Sundowns the lead in the 31st minute but was correctly ruled to have been in an offside position.

He then had the ball in the back of the net again, but this time was called up for handball.

But a superb pass forward from Lucas Ribeiro just minutes later was slotted home by the Bafana Bafana striker from close range past Ulsan keeper Hyeon-woo Jo to secure an important three points.

Ulsan were much improved after the break and were using their pace to good effect as they looked to break forward and find an equaliser, and almost came close, only for Keano Cupido to make a spectacular last-gasp goal-line clearance.

But ultimately there was little for Sundowns to worry about as they claimed a strong victory leading into their next game against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

The result also saw Downs go top of Group F as a result of Dortmund's draw with Fluminense earlier on the same day.