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Manchester Evening News
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Alex Brotherton

Man City star Phil Foden shares motivation that helped him seize England chance

Phil Foden was understandably delighted to score his first World Cup goal on Tuesday, but he has promised that there is much more to come from him in an England shirt.

After starting England's World Cup group stage matches against Iran and the United States on the bench, Gareth Southgate gave the public what they wanted and promoted Foden to his starting XI. The Manchester City attacker did not disappoint.

After a quiet first half Foden switched from the right wing to the left, and early in the second half he won the free-kick from which Manchester United's Marcus Rashford opened the scoring. A minute later the 22-year-old scored himself, latching on to Harry Kane's low cross to send England on their way to a 3-0 win and a first-place finish in Group B.

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