‘That’s why I REPLACED him!’ Guardiola responds to Foden’s ‘leggy’ comments | OneFootball

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·14. Januar 2025

‘That’s why I REPLACED him!’ Guardiola responds to Foden’s ‘leggy’ comments

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Pep Guardiola reacted to Phil Foden’s comments that Man City looked “leggy” and “tired” against Brentford by claiming that is why he decided to substitute him.

Foden scored twice against Brentford, meaning he has now scored four goals in the last three games.


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He first finished from a Kevin De Bruyne cross before following up Savinho’s shot to slot home and put City two goals ahead.

But after Yoane Wissa had pulled one back for the Bees, firing in from close range from Bryan Mbeumo’s pass, Christian Norgaard scored a late header to salvage a point for Thomas Frank’s side.

Speaking to TNT Sports after the game, Foden said his team looked “tired” and did not deal with Brentford’s “physicality” well enough.

And asked for his thoughts on the comments, Guardiola joked: “That’s why I replaced him.

“The schedule is so demanding and we have a lot of absences that would give us that composure and physicality. Kovacic came back from injury, Rodri is not there, Bernardo made an incredible effort.

“We know that but at 0-2 we could manage it a little bit better.

“At 0-2 we didn’t accelerate the game. Brentford is a team that is so aggressive.”

It is not the first time City have let a lead slip this season and Guardiola admits it is something that concerns him.

“I have to think about,” he said. “I would say give credit to the opponents. I think was a little different to the United game but yes, it’s true, I have to think about it.”

On Brentford’s equaliser, he added: “They put a lot of players there. We could not close the cross and after our holding midfielders, they are not the type of skills to defend these kinds of balls.

“We have another type of player right now and at the end we could not defend that situation.”

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