How it started … how it goes: Phil Foden shares his image as a young ball at the Etihad along with one of his brilliant fourth goal in Manchester City’s impressive victory over Liverpool
- Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-1 at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday
- Phil Foden finished with a brilliant performance by scoring his team’s fourth goal
- The midfielder has established himself as one of the best young players in the world
Phil Foden was the star of the show as Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-1 on Sunday and took to Twitter to remind fans how far he has come after the match.
The 20-year-old finished with a good display scoring his team’s fourth goal as he scored his first victory at Anfield in 18 years.
He then shared two photos side by side, one of him as a ball boy in a city game in 2014 and one of her scoring his goal against the Reds.
Following the recent trend on social media, it is subtitled “how it started … how it goes”.
Liverpool’s title defense seems to have ended at the feet of goalkeeper Alisson Becker, as two terrible mistakes helped give City their big win.
With a 1-1 draw, with 17 minutes to go, the Brazilian international’s failed pass presented two goals to the league leaders, including Raheem Sterling’s first at Anfield since he left in 2015.
Alisson was back on the team after losing the weekly defeat to Brighton with illness, but will be ill when he observes his role in City’s first win on that field since 2003 and only his second in 34 visits.
Mohamed Salah’s 63-minute penalty, which ended in a goal drought nine minutes into the game at 7 p.m., had nullified Ilkay Gundogan’s opener, who was redeemed after missing the first part.
Alisson eliminated a direct pass to Phil Foden, who advanced and crossed for Gundogan to score nine goals in his last 11 league games.
Worse was to follow, as the Brazilian repeated the error even closer to the goal, with Bernardo Silva at the exit of Sterling to score his hundredth goal with Pep Guardiola, with Foden adding the final touches.
Victory extended City’s victory to 14 games and left Liverpool 10 points behind after playing one more game and even in this season of surprises a comeback from that position seems unlikely.
It meant Gundogan’s lack of penalty at the end of the first half (City’s third this season and his third in four attempts in that game) and Guardiola making a bucket of frustration were distant memories.