Phil Foden broke Lionel Messi’s record and became the youngest player to score 50 goals under Pep Guardiola with his brace in the Manchester derby.
Messi is now 35 years of age and firmly established as perhaps the greatest footballer of all time, but just over a decade back, he was still a relatively young player making his way in the game under the expert guidance of Guardiola at Barcelona.
Remarkably, Foden has now overtaken Messi as the youngest player to reach a half century of goals whilst playing under Guardiola, as shown in the tweet below by Opta Joe…
50 – Phil Foden has scored his 50th goal for Manchester City in all competitions. Aged 22 years and 127 days, he is now the youngest player to reach 50 goals under Pep Guardiola, surpassing Lionel Messi (22y 164d). Prodigious. pic.twitter.com/eneis8RfKz
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 2, 2022
Foden is no Messi (who is?), but this is some achievement, and he continues to show himself to be a world class performer for this City side.
The England international is having a terrific game against the Red Devils this afternoon, playing his part in thrashing Erik ten Hag’s side.
Foden hit a brace in the opening 45 minutes at the Etihad Stadium, while Erling Haaland also managed to get on the score sheet twice, before setting up Foden’s second goal.
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