Last Updated: February 06, 2024, 19:23 IST
Manchester City’s Phil Foden (AP)
Phil Foden helped Manchester City with an outstanding hat-trick of their 3-1 win at Brentford.
Manchester City hat-trick hero Phil Foden praised the workforce’s resilience after they moved simply two factors behind Premier League leaders Liverpool with a 3-1 win at Brentford.
City fell behind in opposition to the run of play when Neal Maupay fired the London facet into the lead on Monday however Foden levelled simply earlier than the interval.
The 23-year-old England worldwide headed City in entrance early within the second half from Kevin De Bruyne’s cross, after which accomplished a classy treble.
The English champions have made a behavior of coming again to win video games after falling behind.
“Resilience — we keep proving it season after season,” Foden instructed the City web site.
“We keep surprising everyone by keeping our standards high and it’s down to the manager and this fantastic group of players.
“It’s the togetherness, when things aren’t going right, to bounce back.”
In the six years since making his debut as a waif-like 17-year-old, Foden has a Champions League, 5 Premier Leagues, two FA Cups, 4 League Cups, the Club World Cup and 31 appearances for England to his title.
City’s victory lifted Pep Guardiola’s males above Arsenal into second place on purpose distinction, two factors behind leaders Liverpool with a sport in hand.
“This is the most influential he has been in the team,” Guardiola stated after the victory that took the champions inside two factors of Premier League leaders Liverpool with a sport in hand.
“He has always had that threat in the box, he had that sense of an amateur player, like kids playing in the street. It’s how he moves in the small spaces and when he’s there now he can score or make an assist and that’s difficult to find.”
They have now gained 9 consecutive video games in all competitions however Foden believes the Premier League title race will go to the wire.
“It’s going to be a tight one. Liverpool and Arsenal are two top teams doing really well,” he stated.
“They are going to push us until the end so we have to try and not drop points and try to win all of our games really.”
(With inputs from Agencies)
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