{"id":440661,"date":"2026-05-14T03:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/440661\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T03:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:16:07","slug":"pep-guardiola-hails-unique-talent-phil-foden-after-inspiring-man-city-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/440661\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola hails \u2018unique\u2019 talent Phil Foden after inspiring Man City win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pep Guardiola<\/a> called Phil Foden<\/a> a \u201cunique\u201d talent after watching the midfielder shine in Manchester City\u2019s 3-0 Premier League<\/a> win over Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n

Foden made his first start in more than two months following another difficult period for the 25-year-old, but he showed why the club are working on a new contract with him as he set up goals from Antoine Semenyo<\/a> and Omar Marmoush before Savinho sealed the win late on.<\/p>\n

He teed up Semenyo with a superb backheeled pass, before controlling a high ball for Marmoush to finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn these types of games, (against) a low block\u2026you need quality, the spark, the talent, the vision, something,\u201d Guardiola said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not in the tactical boards, it\u2019s not in the meetings, it\u2019s not in the videos, it\u2019s not even the training.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Foden) receives the ball in small spaces and creates something, like the good players, he can deliver and I\u2019m really pleased for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want (him) close to the box because Phil close to the box is unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a second-consecutive season in which Foden has struggled to find his best form, but City retain huge faith in a player who has been so important to them since graduating from the academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has to be a big role in the future and he has to deliver what he has done for many, many years,\u201d Guardiola added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe felt how people love him with the standing ovation for his actions. People want him to just be happy.<\/p>\n

\u201c(He is a) box-to-box player with incredible attributes, otherwise he would not be here for many years, winning six (Premier Leagues) and the trophies we have done together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foden came into the side as one of six changes made by Guardiola with an eye on Saturday\u2019s FA Cup final against Chelsea, but he got the result City needed to stay in touch with Arsenal in the league, while still giving the likes of Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki a rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn general it was really good against a team that could create problems,\u201d he said. \u201cThree goals against Brentford, three goals here, I cannot ask for more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palace had the ball in the City net inside two minutes but Jean-Philippe Mateta\u2019s strike was ruled out with Brennan Johnson offside in the build-up, and from then on the visitors were decidedly second best, looking very much like a side whose eyes were already on the Conference League final.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to accept that City were too good for us,\u201d boss Oliver Glasner<\/a> said. \u201cIf you want to get a point here you need a top performance and we could not deliver today.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was OK in some parts, not good enough in others. The second half was a bit better but today we were not in our top level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe scored one but we were slightly offside. In possession we moved the ball too slow. We didn\u2019t really stick to the plan in possession.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew they would play a very high line, you need the runs but the ball movement was too slow. In the back we lost two or three balls too easily.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday the players couldn\u2019t deliver what we wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-440661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}