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Raheem Sterling’s late tally rescues below-par Man City vs. Feyenoord

Manchester City ensure a first place finish in Group F after beating Feyenoord 1-0.

Yaya Toure and Raheem Sterling are proud of their narrow win vs. Feyenoord and have high expectations for the UCL campaign.
With qualification assured unusually early and the most supine member of the group as opponents, City still made heavy weather of an ordinary Feyenoord side. The side that likes to pass and pass and pass again finally found a meaningful one in the 89th minute, when Raheem Sterling was put through by Ilkay Gundogan’s wonderful pass to net the winner. Winning ugly can also be of use from time to time, Pep Guardiola will have noted   

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Phil Foden and Brahim Diaz ready for Man City chance – Pep Guardiola

With John Stones out, Pep Guardiola underscores the importance of exercising caution with the fitness of Vincent Kompany.
MANCHESTER — Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists England’s under-17 World Cup hero Phil Foden is ready for his chance ahead of their Champions League game against Feyenoord.
Foden, 17, was an unused substitute for last season’s draw with Celtic and could be in line for his debut against the Eredivisie champions with a place in the round of 16 already secured.
Guardiola said after Saturday’s win over Leicester City that will make big changes to his starting lineup, however he said at Tuesday’s…

Five things to know about Manchester City and England U17s’ Phil Foden

Pep Guardiola hails Phil Foden’s impact in the U17 World Cup final, and reveals the youngster is in his plans at Man City.

Philip Foden was describing the feeling of winning the U17 World Cup when his team decided to bring the celebrations to him.
England Under-17s won the World Cup with a brilliant 5-2 victory over Spain this weekend, as Manchester City’s Phil Foden scored twice in the final to cap an outstanding personal tournament in India.
Foden, 17, was awarded the Golden Ball best player of the tournament award and has been catapulted into the spotlight. Here are five things to know about the highly-rated midfielder.
Pep Guardiola is a fan
The City boss was already doing his research about his new club long before he arrived at the…

Man City’s Phil Foden backs England U17s for future success

ESPN’s Alison Bender and Stewart Robson discuss whether England’s senior team will benefit from their youth team’s 2017 World Cup triumphs.

Watch England’s World Cup-winning under 17 team arrive back to a hero’s welcome at Heathrow airport.
Phil Foden believes every member of England’s Under-17 World Cup-winning squad has what it takes to succeed.
England came from two goals behind to beat Spain 5-2 on Saturday in Kolkata and win their first-ever World Cup at this level as Manchester City youngster Foden continued his fine competition by scoring a brace.
Rhian Brewster also impressed and his goal dragged England back into the game after a Sergio Gomez double had put Spain in charge.
Morgan Gibbs White levelled for Paul Cooper’s side…

Phil Foden deserves Man City chance and could break club’s youth drought

Pep Guardiola hails Phil Foden’s impact in the U17 World Cup final, and reveals the youngster is in his plans at Man City.
Manchester City have had a youth problem of late. A club once so strapped for cash that it was reliant on its academy to fill gaps in its wafer-thin first-team haven’t been able to get a graduate into the senior squad on a consistent basis for some time.
Micah Richards was the last youth player to nail down a regular place. Having been introduced by Stuart Pearce in 2005, he was a mainstay until his move to Aston Villa a decade later. Since then, 39 others have been given debuts, 29 of which have…

‘Not just Foden, all the boys have got a medal’

England coach Steve Cooper was full of praise for Phil Foden and the work being done at the youth level in the country after his team beat Spain to win their first-ever U-17 World Cup in Kolkata on Saturday.
“A little bit surreal,” Cooper said of the feeling. “It might even feel a little bit better tomorrow when we realize what we have achieved. I think it is a fair reflection of the way we have done and the character of English players. To come back from 2-0 down to win 5-2 shows the character…

Pep Guardiola eager for Phil Foden’s Man City return after England heroics

Philip Foden was describing the feeling of winning the U17 World Cup when his team decided to bring the celebrations to him.
BIRMINGHAM — Pep Guardiola was delighted for England Under-17s World Cup hero Phil Foden and believes he will have a big future at Manchester City.
Foden scored twice in England’s 5-2 win over Spain in the final and was then awarded the Golden Ball trophy for player of the tournament.
The Stockport-born midfielder played for City during their preseason tour to the United States and Guardiola suggested he would have been involved in the midweek victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the League…

England 5-2 Spain: Young Lions comeback to win U17 WC

England came back from 2 goals down to defeat Spain 5-2 and become FIFA U17 World Cup champions.

Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola hits back at Neville ‘wrong club’ jibe

Pep Guardiola is lost for words after watching 17-year-old Phil Foden star in his first-team debut with Manchester City.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has hit back after Gary Neville claimed young midfielder Phil Foden was at “the wrong Manchester club” to get first-team opportunities.
Foden, 17, produced a fine display as City lost to United in the International Champions Cup earlier this month, with Guardiola saying his performance had been on “another level.”
But writing on Twitter, former United player Neville, now a TV pundit, said: “He’s at the wrong Manchester club for getting a sustained opportunity….

Phil Foden shows ability to be the next homegrown star at Manchester City

Pep Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne gave their reaction to Manchester City’s defeat to Manchester United.

When Manchester City opened their new academy complex at the Etihad Campus in December 2014, it came with what chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak called a “vision for youth development and sustainability.”

Two-and-a-half years on, there seems to be a blockage between the academy and Pep Guardiola’s squad. There have been talented hopefuls — such as Aleix Garcia, Angelino, Pablo Maffeo or Tosin Adarabioyo — but none have yet made the step up to be considered a serious option in the Premier League…

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