Manchester City’s young midfielder Phil Foden set a personal record after helping his team beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the 34th week of the Premier League 2018/2019 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (20/4).
In contrast, Man City striker Sergio Aguero recorded a bad trend in the Citizens’ victory over Mauricio Pochettino’s squad.
The match was only five minutes old, Man City had already scored thanks to Foden’s header. The goal process began with Bernardo Silva’s cross into the penalty box.
Aguero then sent a header in front of goal which was also completed with a header to the empty goal by Phil Foden.
Despite registering his name as the giver of assists on the Citizens ‘only goal to Spurs’ goal, Aguero’s bad trend for scoring continues.
Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva handed the title Man of the Match to his team-mate Phil Foden. Although Foden scored the only Man City victory goal over Tottenham in the Premier League 2018/2019, the title Man of the Match was given to Silva by Sky Sports.
The Portuguese player was considered to be the main key to winning Pep Guardiola’s squad despite not scoring a goal. He was able to record 74 touches of the ball, 10.6 kilometers of total running range, five successful tackles, four crosses, four golden opportunities, including three shots.
Foden’s header goal began with Silva’s role. He sent a cross that was greeted by Sergio Aguero’s header then directed to Foden. The player who was not even 19 years old went on to become a goal by heading too. Top statistics that he created in the match, Silva was chosen to be man of the match after Man City beat Tottenham 1-0. But in uploads on the official Sky Sports account, Silva actually gave the award to Foden.
Following Foden’s record and Aguero’s bad record and a number of interesting facts after Man City won over Tottenham as quoted by Opta.
1. Phil Foden was listed as the third youngest attacker to score a goal for Man City after Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge. This was his first goal before his 19th birthday on May 28, while strengthening the Citizens in the Premier League.
2. Sergio Aguero is currently failing to score in the last seven games in the English Premier League against Tottenham. In total he has scored 10 goals in the first seven games against Spurs’ goal.
3. Aguero has had three matches in a row in the English Premier League yet to score.
4. Man City have won 25 home games in all competitions this season. That number is the most for them this season.
5. Man City have won 10 matches in a row in the English Premier League. Their biggest record is 18 consecutive wins in the competition from August to December 2017.
6. Bernardo Silva was directly involved in 15 Man City shots on the Tottenham goal. He scored seven of them.
