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Pep Guardiola has backed Thomas Tuchel's view that Phil Foden is at his best in a central role but the Manchester City boss said the England star's willingness to play anywhere shows his winning mentality.
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A stoppage-time winner from Phil Foden helped Manchester City to a 3–2 victory over Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
United boss Daniel Farke, though, made a pair of changes at half-time, taking off Wilfried Gnonto and Daniel James and replacing them with Jaka Bijol and Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Those substitutions almost immediately paid off, with Calvert-Lewin scoring in the 49th minute.
Manchester City entertained Leeds United at the Etihad Stadium earlier today as they hoped to secure a good result at home in the Premier League. The Mancunian giants made a good start to the game
Foden was good on the ball, and he played a key role in Manchester City’s first half dominance. The England international did drift out of the game in the second half as Leeds came at Pep Guardiola’s side. But when Manchester City needed someone to win yesterday’s match it was Foden who stepped up.
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Manchester City's Phil Foden scored in the first and 91st minutes as the hosts withstood a stirring Leeds United fightback to win 3-2 and close the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to four points and Sunderland also won a five-goal thriller against Bournemouth to move fourth on Saturday.
Phil Foden and Erling Haaland each missed a pair of sitters as Manchester City fell to a 2-1 defeat at Newcastle United which threatens to derail their Premier League title charge. City's two big-game players froze at St James' Park and Harvey Barnes grabbed the headlines instead,
Por STEVE DOUGLASErling Haaland está peleado con el gol. Afortunadamente para el Manchester City, Phil Foden intervino con dos tantos —uno muy temprano y el otro muy tarde— para
Phil Foden believes a turning point in Manchester City ’s dramatic win over Leeds was Pep Guardiola ’s team-talk and tactical reshuffle on the pitch after Gianluigi Donnarumma controversially went down to bring a stop in play.