{"id":12837,"date":"2025-11-06T01:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/pep-guardiola-praises-phil-foden-for-his-performance-in-winning-the-uefa-champions-league-expert-says-manchester-city-are-back-to-their-best\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T01:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:38:37","slug":"pep-guardiola-praises-phil-foden-for-his-performance-in-winning-the-uefa-champions-league-expert-says-manchester-city-are-back-to-their-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/pep-guardiola-praises-phil-foden-for-his-performance-in-winning-the-uefa-champions-league-expert-says-manchester-city-are-back-to-their-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola praises Phil Foden for his performance in winning the UEFA Champions League, expert says Manchester City are &#8216;back to their best&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"body-thumbnail-caption text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-caption\">\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Highlights: Foden scores twice, Haaland scores again for victory<\/p>\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"body\">\n<div class=\"wrap-anywhere typo-tk-rs-body-md text-content-block-default-text-fill-01\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">TNT Sports expert Owen Hargreaves believes Manchester City are set for an &#8220;attractive&#8221; challenge for the Premier League title.<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap-anywhere typo-tk-rs-body-md text-content-block-default-text-fill-01\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">Josep Guardiola&#8217;s side defeated Borussia Dortmund 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, recording their sixth win in seven games in all competitions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap-anywhere typo-tk-rs-body-md text-content-block-default-text-fill-01\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">This means they have taken 10 of the 12 points available in the competition, and also sit second in England&#8217;s top flight, six points behind leaders Arsenal.<\/div>\n<p>This is a marked improvement over the 2024-25 season, when Guardiola&#8217;s side finished third in the Premier League, having been kicked out of Europe at the knock-off play-off stage.<\/p>\n<p>Hargreaves believes the 2022\/23 Treble winner has turned a corner and is ready to take on challenges on all fronts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he (Guardiola) knows the team is getting back to its best,&#8221; Hargreaves told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail\" class=\"gap-tk-fx-between-elements-md flex w-full flex-col text-left focus:outline-none\">\n<div class=\"group relative w-full\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-picture\" class=\"wrapper-16-9 rounded-tk-radius-rs-sm relative\">\n<figure class=\"card-hover-zoom absolute h-full w-full\">\n<div class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" data-testid=\"blurry-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-transparent h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/imgresizer.tntsports.io\/unsafe\/1200x0\/filters:format(jpeg)\/origin-imgresizer.tntsports.io\/2025\/11\/05\/image-a7093db4-6879-4b18-a7ef-147a0c1890a1-85-2560-1440.jpeg\" alt=\"photograph\" data-testid=\"image-high-res\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body-thumbnail-caption text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-caption\">\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Pep: Man City beat Dortmund: &#8216;I&#8217;m happy our new players scored&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I think it helps to have players like[Gianluigi]Donnarumma in goal and[Erling]Haaland at the top of the pitch. But I feel like they&#8217;ve got some great little players.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Rajan) Cherki, who came on as a substitute, also scored a great goal. He and Phil Foden will be great fun supporting Haaland.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s got a great team again. Last year we had a lot of injuries, we had Rodri&#8230; and the confidence went down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they&#8217;re slowly developing. They&#8217;re doing well in the Champions League, they&#8217;re second in the Premier League. They obviously got a big game (against Liverpool) on Sunday. If they win that, it&#8217;s all about the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>City won four consecutive league titles last season before finishing second to Arne Slott&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024\/25 season total of 71 points is the lowest since 2015\/16 when they scored 66 points.<\/p>\n<p>This saw Guardiola replace manager Manuel Pellegrini and immediately build a trophy-winning machine, with the team winning 15 major honors since the Spaniard&#8217;s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Hargreaves believes they are creepily moving on rails.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arsenal are great but they haven&#8217;t done it,&#8221; the former England midfielder continued. &#8220;They haven&#8217;t won yet. They&#8217;re getting there, they&#8217;ll win eventually. <\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail\" class=\"gap-tk-fx-between-elements-md flex w-full flex-col text-left focus:outline-none\">\n<div class=\"group relative w-full\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-picture\" class=\"wrapper-16-9 rounded-tk-radius-rs-sm relative\">\n<figure class=\"card-hover-zoom absolute h-full w-full\">\n<div class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" data-testid=\"blurry-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-transparent h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/imgresizer.tntsports.io\/unsafe\/1200x0\/filters:format(jpeg)\/origin-imgresizer.tntsports.io\/2025\/11\/05\/image-dbd79cbb-e36b-4dcf-895a-03d73b010b77-85-2560-1440.jpeg\" alt=\"photograph\" data-testid=\"image-high-res\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body-thumbnail-caption text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-caption\">\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Cherki scores a &#8216;great goal&#8217; to conclude Man City&#8217;s victory<\/p>\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut the last team you want going after you are the guys who have been there for a long time and have done it: the players and the manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal, I think they are in a great position, but I think this City team will quietly go step by step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd with this team, if they can use what they have and get Rodri back into the team, it would be an attractive title race.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"typo-tk-rs-title-lg text-content-block-default-text-fill-01\" data-testid=\"body-subtitle\">&#8220;He&#8217;s already there&#8221; &#8211; Guardiola on Foden<\/h2>\n<p>Phil Foden was one of City&#8217;s stars in the win over Dortmund.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-anywhere typo-tk-rs-body-md text-content-block-default-text-fill-01\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">The England international scored his second goal in the Champions League, his first, and his second shot was hailed as &#8220;absolute quality&#8221; by TNT Sports commentator Ally McCoist.<\/div>\n<p>This means the midfielder is looking back on his best games after a tough 2024\/25 season in which he doubled his goals tally this season and played a modest role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can say he&#8217;s already there (at his best). He doesn&#8217;t need to get closer, he&#8217;s already there,&#8221; Guardiola said with a big smile in an interview with TNT Sports. <\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail\" class=\"gap-tk-fx-between-elements-md flex w-full flex-col text-left focus:outline-none\">\n<div class=\"group relative w-full\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-picture\" class=\"wrapper-16-9 rounded-tk-radius-rs-sm relative\">\n<figure class=\"card-hover-zoom absolute h-full w-full\">\n<div class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" data-testid=\"blurry-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-transparent h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/imgresizer.tntsports.io\/unsafe\/1200x0\/filters:format(jpeg)\/origin-imgresizer.tntsports.io\/2025\/11\/05\/image-47ffa447-dfed-4704-a881-78a302ade58f-85-2560-1440.jpeg\" alt=\"photograph\" data-testid=\"image-high-res\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body-thumbnail-caption text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-caption\">\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Foden says Man City are showing a &#8216;new sense of unity&#8217; after a &#8216;difficult&#8217; season<\/p>\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true that we missed goals, he\u2019s an unbelievable goal scorer. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How many times did we see that from Phil? How many times did we see that effort, that generosity, especially in the final third. We miss that so much. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad that a new player scored the goal and not Erling Haaland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>City&#8217;s next challenge, with Liverpool arriving at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, will be one of the toughest of the campaign so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-anywhere typo-tk-rs-body-md text-content-block-default-text-fill-01\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">The Reds came into the match fresh off the back of a 1-0 win against Real Madrid in the Champions League, but the result suggests their poor form may be behind them.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail\" class=\"gap-tk-fx-between-elements-md flex w-full flex-col text-left focus:outline-none\">\n<div class=\"group relative w-full\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\n<div data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-picture\" class=\"wrapper-16-9 rounded-tk-radius-rs-sm relative\">\n<figure class=\"card-hover-zoom absolute h-full w-full\">\n<div class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" data-testid=\"blurry-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-transparent h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/imgresizer.tntsports.io\/unsafe\/1200x0\/filters:format(jpeg)\/origin-imgresizer.tntsports.io\/2025\/11\/04\/image-c9ff43c7-3d84-42ed-99a7-b7df4a11b57d-85-2560-1440.jpeg\" alt=\"photograph\" data-testid=\"image-high-res\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body-thumbnail-caption text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" data-testid=\"body-thumbnail-caption\">\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Highlights: Reds beat Real with Mac Allister goal, Alexander-Arnold boos<\/p>\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The defending champions sit third in the Premier League table, one point behind City.<\/p>\n<p>So this game will be a mouth-watering matchup, but Guardiola continued: &#8220;[They]are our biggest rivals for the last nine or 10 years. It goes without saying how good they are, but we&#8217;re ready.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have training tomorrow, we have to recover, take a day off and prepare as best as we can for the match. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk a lot about how important this week was and we\u2019re handling it well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re happy to play against them and our officials and fans know how much it means to us. Hopefully we can have a good game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-anywhere typo-tk-rs-body-md text-content-block-default-text-fill-01\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">Stream the Premier League, Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s FA Cups, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League and more on TNT Sports and Discovery+<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/football\/champions-league\/2025-2026\/manchester-city-owen-hargreaves-arsenal-warning-premier-league-title-race_sto23238358\/story.shtml\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights: Foden scores twice, Haaland scores again for victory Video credit: TNT Sports TNT Sports expert Owen Hargreaves believes Manchester City are set for an &#8220;attractive&#8221; challenge for the Premier League title. 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