The depth of quality available to Gareth Southgate in creative positions will be one of the main talking points, especially since the Germany squad are running a little thin in that regard. Foden ...

The first real chance came from Ben White going long, Foden running beyond Kane and cutely heading the ball back to his captain, who set up Conor Gallagher for a shot that curled wide.

It has been a season to forget for Phil Foden and time is running out to turn things around. In truth, that chance might have already gone. Last season's Player of the Year by some distance then ...

Foden has played as though determined to leave his fingerprints on another City victory. ... “The first time I ever saw him, he was running down the touchline at Platt Lane,” says Makin.

So Foden was stationed alongside James Ward-Prowse in the middle of the pitch and from there he was free to orchestrate the whole game, hitting perfect passes to white shirts running ahead of him.

And if there was a spark for Foden, 23, it was the Crystal Palace game on December 16. In the dying moments, as City appeared to be cruising to a 2-1 victory, he tried to run through the middle of ...

Brentford 1-3 Manchester City: As Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne returned, it was Foden who produced a match-winning display as the champions came from behind ...

Here, five writers from The Athletic make their cases for Saka, Foden, Rashford, Sterling and Grealish to start as England enter the knockout phase of Qatar 2022. Bukayo Saka ...

From idolising Micah Richards to invading the pitch when Aguero sealed the 2012 title - Phil Foden feels like a tailor-made Man City icon. ... like running with the ball, ...

Dribbling. Gliding is a word that is commonly used to describe Foden’s technique on the run. Again his balance, this time while running with the ball, helps him beat players.

Pace in (a tiny bit of) space. Eighty seconds later, the ball was in the back of the net. City didn’t have to take the long way around to get De Bruyne running behind the defence this time.