Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday, September 25.
Man City and Pep Guardiola cannot control the next step Phil Foden takes
It is no secret how highly Pep Guardiola rates Phil Foden.
The Manchester City manager took what was at that point the unusual step of keeping the Stockport-born youngster at City when he was a teenager, to keep a close eye on how he was progressing. His lack of game time in the 2018/19 campaign saw pundits foam at the mouth as they called for him to go out and gain regular minutes in a first team environment.
Guardiola would not budge and his decision has paid off. Foden has become as close as you can be to being a regular at the Etihad Stadium.
Erling Haaland could open up simple plan B for Man City that unlocks Jack Grealish potential
Kevin De Bruyne already has six assists in the Premier League this season, with three setting up Erling Haaland to score.
The Manchester City playmaker's assists have dropped slightly in the last two seasons after his record-equalling haul of 20 in 2019/20, and a simple explanation for that would be the absence of Sergio Aguero or any recognisable striker in that period.
Now, Haaland has arrived and scored 14 goals in all competitions already, and De Bruyne looks to be a beneficiary of having a world-class poacher always waiting in the box. It's no surprise that two of his assists for Haaland have been crosses from the right (with another also a cross from that side, but to Phil Foden, who had run into space vacated by Haaland).
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