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'Special' Phil Foden is Man City's star as Tino Livramento becomes Newcastle's playmaker - Premier League hits and misses
With Erling Haaland on a three-game barren run - a drought by his standards - it is important Man City's other forwards stand up and be counted. The striker's wait for his 100th Premier League goals goes on, but Phil Foden added another two to his personal tally in the 3-2 win over Leeds in a season steadily growing in grandeur.
Pep Guardiola called Foden "special" post-match, and said City are not a team to win "these types of games a lot". When City concede control, as they did in a chaotic second half against Leeds, they often end up losing. It has happened twice in the last week alone. But Foden had other plans.
"It was massively important for our mood after two defeats," Guardiola added. City have closed the gap on Arsenal to four points and are back up to second for now, while proving they still have the resolve and quality to respond to setbacks. Usually it is Haaland's heroics that gets them out of tight spots, more frequently this season it has also been Foden.
"I was so hungry just to play today, not prove to anyone but myself that I can still score," he told Sky Sports afterwards. The 25-year-old is becoming a leader in this new-look City team, a pillar of dependability for Pep, and a match-winner when team-mates are struggling to deliver.
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