Pep Guardiola's 'desperate' Liverpool claim as Man City boss praises Phil Foden

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Pep Guardiola has announced that Phil Foden is "back" and primed to spearhead Manchester City's quest for trophies this season. The homegrown City talent endured a difficult previous campaign, speaking openly about personal challenges and fitness problems that hampered his performances, but with this weekend's crucial Premier League clash against Liverpool looming, all indications suggest the 25 year old has rediscovered the form that made him the standout performer during City's title-winning 2023/24 season.

We miss this a lot last season but this season I think he is going to help us a lot.", reports the Liverpool Echo. Not just Phil, all of us we struggled (last season).

He's a special player but we need his goals and hopefully today was the first step to do it. "I think Thomas knows perfectly Phil and Phil is playing better and better...England is lucky to have many players in this position and that's what he had to push and be better and say, 'I'm going to show how good I am'." City's victory elevated them to fourth place in the Champions League table with 10 points from four matches, facing an almost three-week interval before their next fixture at home to Bayer Leverkusen on November 25.