It was a goal straight out of the Pep Guardiola coaching handbook.
Phil Foden was Manchester City ’s two-goal hero and his first was a thing of beauty to show the Premier League champions will take some stopping this season. They are into the FA Cup quarter finals, in the thick of the Premier League title race and have half an eye on the Champions League.
But they also showed that they have got more than one way of playing as they did not even need 33 top goal scorer Erling Haaland on a freezing cold night at Ashton Gate. Instead, Foden’s opener was a beautifully crafted goal, made by Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez and it was the most typical Guardiola goal.