In the early morning of January 24, the fourth round of the English FA Cup began. Manchester City, who ranked No. 2 in the Premier League, faced Cheltenham, No. 6 in the Premier League. After conceding one goal first, Manchester City relied on Jesus and Fo Den's 2 goals in 3 minutes lead the score, and in the second minute of injury time, Ferran Torres completely sealed the victory for Manchester City. After winning, Manchester City not only successfully advanced to the round of 16, they continued to advance in their four tiers. And achieved 10 consecutive victories and 17 undefeated games in all competitions.
Compared with the 2-0 defeat of Aston Villa in the last round of the Premier League, Guardiola has made up to 10 adjustments in the starting lineup. Only the teenager Phil Fuden continued to start. In Manchester City's 4-4-2 formation, Foden appeared in the left midfield position. Manchester City conceded a goal in the 58th minute. Cheltenham used the out-of-bounds opportunity to cause a melee in the Manchester City penalty area. Alfie May succeeded in stabbing.
After conceding a goal, Manchester City dispatched their troops, Ruben Dias, Gundogan and Cancelo went into battle one after another. In the 70th minute, Foden sent a precise pass, but Mahrez’s penalty area A powerful shot inside was resolved by the opponent's goalkeeper bravely. But in the 81st minute, Cancelo made a pass from the right, Foden grabbed a point and finally broke the opponent's goal! After 3 minutes, Fernandinho made a long pass from the backcourt and Jesus stopped the ball and turned and volleyed in one go. Manchester City succeeded in overtaking the score 2-1. In the 92nd minute, Cancelo instigated an attack, Gundogan made a pass, Ferran Torres easily pushed the goal in front of the goal, Manchester City 3-1 completely sealed the victory.
In this campaign, Foden scored 1 goal in 90 minutes, 5 shots and 2 shots on goal. In addition, he also sent 5 key passes and 4 successful breakthroughs. These statistics are all The highest field. On the defensive end, Foden also has 1 interception and 3 successful stats. After the game, the post-00 teenager got the highest score of 8.7 points, which is well deserved.
In an interview after the game, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola also praised his love will be full. He said that Foden is in good condition and very confident. He is very decisive in front of the goal. Had a chance similar to that in the match against Chelsea 3-1 and scored the ball,Overall, he played very well. In fact, after scoring 1 goal in this game, Foden has scored 9 goals in 25 games this season, is Manchester City's top scorer, and he also sent 5 assists. Looking at the number of goals alone, Foden has surpassed last season. In the next more than a month, Foden's burden will be even heavier. On the other hand, the opportunity he dreams of has come.
In the game against Aston Villa, Manchester City's eukaryotic De Bruyne was injured and he was diagnosed with a torn ligament after the game. Before the start of the FA Cup match with Cheltenham, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola confirmed that Tintin will be absent for 4-6 weeks. This is undoubtedly a thunderbolt for Manchester City, which has been advancing in this period of time. . Guardiola had to find a solution to the problem among the existing players, and Foden is obviously a very suitable candidate.
Under Guardiola, Foden has played a side midfielder, a winger, and even a pseudo-center, but his best position is actually a central midfielder, which is the position of De Bruyne. And this is why Foden, along with Sancho and Brahim-Dias, is also known as the three best of Manchester City’s youth training, but Sancho has become a big hit, and Brahim also moved to the Galacticos Real Madrid, and he can only play in the past few years. The most important reason for Manchester City dormant in silence. Because the midfield position in the midfield has very high requirements for the player's skills, physical confrontation ability, overall view and tactical awareness, and the wide players only need one trick to eat all the time.
Guardiola is a kind of protective training for Foden, and he will not let him take on the heavy responsibility from the beginning, but step by step. In fact, it wasn't until the second half of last season that Foden gradually began to have more opportunities to play, and this season due to David Silva's departure, he has more chances to play and the data is getting better and better. But because of De Bruyne's existence, Foden still can only look for opportunities in the wing or center position. Now that Tintin is injured, Foden can finally play his favorite middle position, and Guardiola probably thinks so too.
In the game against Aston Villa, Foden sent 6 key passes and led Manchester City to a 2-0 victory with De Bruyne off the court.That talented boy has completed his transformation into a strong man. Although Foden's physical confrontation ability still needs to be improved due to his age, he spared no effort in running and covering the field to make up for his physical deficiency. Foden has done quite well in terms of technique, passing accuracy, organization series and overall situation. He can definitely team up with Bernardo Silva, Gundogan, and Bernardo when De Bruyne is away. Fernandinho, Rodri and others, together carried the Manchester City midfielder. From this point of view, Tintin's injury may not be all bad.
