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Erling Haaland splashed the Manchester derby with his power so much that we almost forget that Phil Foden was the author of a fantastic hat-trick. Holder at kick-off, the English nugget entertained throughout the meeting to defeat Manchester United. A historic day for the player trained at Manchester City. Indeed, in addition to this hat-trick, he passed the bar of 50 goals scored in the colors of his training team, at 22 years and 127 days, and that is anything but trivial.
A record taken from Messi
Thanks to this performance, he became the youngest player to evolve under the orders of Pep Guardiola to reach this bar, just ahead of a certain … Lionel Messi! At the time, La Pulga had crossed that at 22 years and 164 days. Rare are the players who can claim to have taken records from Lionel Messi, Phil Foden can now boast about it, only wanting to wish him a career with as much success as the Argentinian.
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
to summarize
By scoring a hat-trick with Manchester City against Manchester United, Phil Foden became the youngest player to reach 50 goals under the orders of Pep Guardiola, he achieved this at 22 years and 127 days.
