Pep Guardiola said Phil Foden can 바카라do whatever he wants바카라 in football after watching him fire Manchester City to a 4-1 Premier League victory over Aston Villa with a brilliant hat-trick. (More Football News)
With Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne dropping to the bench, Foden moved into a central position and orchestrated the demolition of Villa with an outstanding display, playing a hand in Rodri바카라s opener and then taking the game away from the visitors after Jhon Duran had levelled.
Foden restored City바카라s lead with a free-kick in first-half stoppage time when he found the gap that Nicolo Zaniolo left in Villa바카라s wall, then won it with two excellent goals just after the hour, the last of them a shot into the top corner after he had lost the ball but quickly regained it.
His second hat-trick of the campaign moved Foden on to 21 goals for the season and kept the pressure on in the title race, with the champions one point behind new leaders Arsenal and level with Liverpool who host Sheffield United on Thursday.
바카라What can I say? Three goals,바카라 Guardiola said. 바카라He didn바카라t start well but I think the goal helped him a lot for the mood. When Phil plays in a central position he has a sense for goals and he proved it again.
바카라He can do whatever he wants. He바카라s a real top-class player. We know it. But he is still open-minded, he has to understand the game, he has to focus on things, sometimes he바카라s a bit distracted in exactly what you have to do offensively, defensively, but he has a natural talent 바카라 a gift 바카라 which is special.
바카라The work ethic is unbelievable and he has an incredible sense of goal. When he has the ball and he바카라s attacking the back line he is going to score, you had that feeling. It is not easy to find it and that바카라s why he바카라s so special when he바카라s playing these central positions.바카라
De Bruyne and Haaland got a breather with next week바카라s Champions League trip to Real Madrid looming, but without them City turned in one of their better performances of the season and a vast improvement on Sunday바카라s goalless draw against title rivals Arsenal.
바카라We were better,바카라 Guardiola said. 바카라It바카라s true we conceded a few transitions and we lost a few balls and when that happens it바카라s a lesson we have to learn for the next game but we had incredible energy, four-five players up front and it was really good. We created a lot of chances.바카라
Villa remain fourth but the defeat leaves them only two points above Tottenham, who have a game in hand.
Unai Emery was without the injured Ollie Watkins and then also lost goalkeeper Emi Martinez to a stomach problem after he had been named in the starting line-up. But the Spaniard chose to make several more changes to his side 바카라 six in total from Saturday바카라s win over Wolves.
바카라It바카라s clear we were motivated and excited to try to be competitive, trying to keep it consistent like we are in the Premier League, but of course we were playing against Manchester City,바카라 Emery said.
바카라We were competing until the 60th minute and as well we were trying to build our team with some players who are not playing a lot, we are trying to give them chances to play.
바카라Even when we were losing 2-1 we had some chances to score with Douglas Luiz, but they were pushing us a lot, they showed us their potential and they deserved to win.
바카라We will play a lot of matches in the next weeks, starting on Saturday against Brentford, and it was important to try to be intelligent playing against Manchester City. Of course we wanted to win but with some players injured and some players suspended we wanted to get some practice with some players.바카라
