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As Manchester City became only the second English team in history to complete the treble last season, the remarkable feat somewhat passed Phil Foden by slots
Arguably the most gifted player to ever come through the City academy, the very definition of a generational talent, had little impact as his boyhood club blew everyone who dared step in their path away last term slots
Remarkably, given all he has achieved on our shores, there are some who have remained critical of how Pep Guardiola has underused Foden, insisting a young, English magician needs to be centre stage slots
This season, with several big personalities in the City dressing room having departed in the summer, Foden’s role in Guardiola’s squad has been catapulted from peripheral figure to integral leader, with only two players featuring in more games since the new campaign got under way slots
Like the rest of his City side, Foden faded badly in the second half of the champion’s edgy 2-1 win over Brighton, but the damage had been done in the first half at the Etihad slots
RecommendedPep Guardiola hails ‘exceptional’ Brighton after Man City return to winning waysPep Guardiola believes both Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi deserve Ballon d’OrThese are great times for England, says Phil FodenFurthermore, in such a dazzling first-half showing, as the world waits for Foden to morph into a David Silva incarnate, the 23-year-old instead showed, in glimpses, that the wide role Guardiola continues to deploy him evokes more Lionel Messi feels than Silva slots
When you are born with possessing your own gravitational pull over a slots football, just as the Argentine has, where Foden plays on the pitch is almost irrelevant slots
Like Messi, Foden had quite the stellar support act elsewhere on the pitch on Saturday to give him the freedom to leave supporters aghast with some of the mazy runs he went on against a Brighton side set up to go toe-to-toe with the champions slots
Manchester City’s Argentinian striker Julian Alvarez celebrates scoring the opening goa (AFP via Getty Images)Another surprisingly regular starter this season, Julian Alvarez, got the ball rolling with a fortunate finish early on as City went in front, looking to avoid slipping to three successive league defeats for the first time since 2016 slots
The impressive Jeremy Doku had a huge hand in the opener and kept Brighton pegged back right from the off slots
Much had been made of the heir apparent to the Guardiola throne, Roberto De Zerbi, planning to upset the apple cart further at the Etihad, but his team were not allowed any time on the ball to do their thing, such was the hunger among the City ranks to get back to normality – winning games at a canter slots
One such player desperate for his own turnaround in fortunes was Erling Haaland, without a goal in his previous two games – very much drought territory for the Norwegian goal machine slots
His booming finish that proved decisive in the end was as emphatic an answer to his deluded critics as he could have possibly mustered, sweeping home an arrowing finish to make it two 19 minutes in slots
Phil Foden of Manchester City runs with the ball (Getty Images)While the game was being settled around him, Foden was busy picking out passes with the outside of his boot, sashaying past defenders as if they weren’t there, while bursting in the box at every given opportunity slots
Most importantly, a trait that often goes unheralded at City, Foden possessed that breathless desire in the first half that has enabled City to dominate the Premier League in recent years slots
No player in blue completed more sprints in the match than Foden, while only Doku had more touches in the Brighton box than Foden slots
So many recent losses are proving hard to shift psychologically for City, even with Rodri back at their heart of the midfield, with Kaoru Mitoma twice denied by Stefan Ortega in the City goal after the break, before Ansu Fati made one count and got the visitors into the match with 17 minutes left slots
There were some nervy moments late on for City, especially after Manuel Akanji’s late red card, but the champions stood firm to see out the victory to, temporarily at least, go back top of the pile slots
If they are to stay there this season, on the evidence of the early part of the campaign, Foden is going to have a much more prominent role in further glory slots
Consistency remains an issue, as his second half decline suggested slots
But what he did in the first half? Few, other than Messi, are capable of slots
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Tyson Fury has admitted that he ‘wasn’t happy’ about the announcement of his fight with Oleksandr Usyk, as he prepares for a bout with Francis Ngannou on Saturday slots
It was announced in September that Fury, who holds the WBC heavyweight title, will box Usyk, who is unified champion, in Saudi Arabia before the end of March slots
However, Fury is first set to fight former UFC champion Ngannou in Riyadh this weekend, in a controversial crossover contest – in which the WBC belt is not on the line slots
Fury is targeting a date of 23 December for his bout with Usyk, but his excitement around the fight has been diluted by some aggravation at the timing of its announcement, he suggested slots
“It wasn’t my choice,” the Briton, 35, said on The MMA Hour on Wednesday (25 October) slots
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My moment now is to fight Francis for the ‘baddest man on the planet’ title, and when I’ve won that, only after I’ve won that, I won’t even think about my next [fight] until I’ve had a week off and spent some time with my family slots
I’ve been in camp 12 weeks slots
” (Getty Images)Fury is unbeaten across 34 fights in his professional career, while 37-year-old Ngannou is making his slots boxing debut slots
Usyk, 36, is also unbeaten, but to face the stiffer test that the Ukrainian provides on paper, Fury must avoid an upset against Ngannou slots
“You can’t listen to the slots betting odds, you can’t listen to what the pundits say, or what the slots boxing people or anybody [says], because they’re not in there on the night,” Fury said slots
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I’ve seen so many times in the sport where people fight people they’re supposed to beat, and they’re always looking at the bigger picture slots
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”Joshua was in fact stopped on his feet, after suffering four knockdowns, in that 2019 defeat, which he avenged six months later slots
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Never mind someone from a bar, I’m fighting an absolute killer in Francis Ngannou slots
A 6f 4in, 270-280lbs [man] who has come from the streets slots
Fury and Ngannou during their first face-off (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)“This guy is hungry slots
This guy has got a point to prove slots
You think I’m not going to train for him, and come in at 400lbs? I don’t think so slots
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At this level, you don’t get no second chances slots
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”Fury last fought in December, stopping Derek Chisora to seal a third win against his compatriot and retain the WBC belt slots
Meanwhile, Ngannou last fought in January 2022, retaining the UFC heavyweight title with a decision against Ciryl Gane slots
The Cameroonian then underwent knee surgery before relinquishing the UFC title this January, when he left the MMA promotion slots
He is due to return to mixed martial arts in 2024, having signed for the Professional Fighters League slots
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