Manchester City missed this player, Pep Guardiola admits

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has admitted Murray City missed Phil Foden.

Foden scored his fourth goal in three games as Manchester City beat Newcastle United 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Foden scored against Newcastle United after taking on four players and Guardiola admitted he was impressed with Foden’s aggression against Newcastle United.

“After we get the goal, a brilliant action from Phil, a lucky with the deflection but was aggressive from Phil,” Guardiola said.

“We missed that a little this season. It doesn’t matter what happens, ‘I go against you’. When that happens, always a deflection comes for your side. The second half we start well, they have the momentum and break the game up and downs.

“The game is so anxious so that is why we decide to put Bernardo to make our possessions longer. We needed to keep the ball, his intuition to make our high press and take the balls in the middle and go down between the legs. He has this incredible ability. It was an incredibly good result for us.”