Man City’s Foden scores two goals in win over Dortmund in Champions League

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Phil Foden’s dazzling treble against Borussia Dortmund kept Manchester City unbeaten successful UEFA Champions League aft 4 matches.

Published On 6 Nov 2025

Phil Foden sent an emphatic reminder to England’s caput manager Thomas Tuchel with 2 brilliantly taken goals successful Manchester City’s 4-1 triumph implicit Borussia Dortmund successful the Champions League connected Wednesday.

“He is back,” City manager Pep Guardiola said. “He is simply a peculiar player.”

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Tuchel volition sanction his latest England squad this week aft overlooking Foden truthful acold this season, and with clip moving retired earlier adjacent year’s World Cup.

But the City guardant strengthened his lawsuit for a callback with an inspired show against Dortmund. He scored successful each fractional astatine the Etihad Stadium, with prima striker Erling Haaland smashing location his 27th of the play successful between. Substitute Rayan Cherki got the different aft Waldemar Anton scored for Dortmund.

Tuchel is acceptable to denote his squad connected Friday for the last World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania, with England having already secured qualification.

Foden has rediscovered immoderate of his champion signifier this play aft enduring a frustrating run past word arsenic City relinquished the Premier League title. His goals connected Tuesday – some swept debased into the bottommost country – took his tally connected the play to 4 and could person travel astatine conscionable the close clip to seizure Tuchel’s attention.

“There’s nary idiosyncratic successful this state oregon astir the satellite that doesn’t cognize his prime and ability, but England is truthful fortunate to person this magnitude of bully players,” Guardiola said. “In his presumption determination are a lot, and that’s wherefore helium has to propulsion himself to beryllium amended and amended and better.”

Foden’s omission from England’s 4 games this play has been a talking point, with players similar Eberechi Eze, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Gordon each adding to the contention for places.

Despite being wide regarded arsenic 1 of the astir talented English players of his generation, Foden is inactive to consistently execute for England.

And it appears helium is yet to person Tuchel aft being fixed chances successful the German’s archetypal games successful complaint earlier this season.

“Thomas is truthful astute and omniscient and knows precisely what the squad needs,” Guardiola said. “I deliberation Thomas knows perfectly [about] Phil. What Phil wants to bash is play amended and amended and better.”

Haaland achieves caller extremity record

Haaland acceptable different scoring benchmark successful the Champions League aft uncovering the backmost of the nett for the 5th consecutive crippled for City successful European nine football’s elite nine tournament.

According to City, helium is the archetypal subordinate to execute that feat with 3 antithetic teams, having antecedently done truthful with erstwhile clubs RB Salzburg and Dortmund.

His latest extremity – a powerfully struck effort from adjacent scope – was his 54th successful 52 games successful the Champions League. Lionel Messi has the grounds for reaching 60 goals successful the fewest fig of games, astatine 80. Haaland looks definite to bushed that – perchance earlier the league signifier of this year’s tourney is completed.

Rodri didn’t adjacent marque the seat aft returning from a hamstring wounded against Bournemouth past weekend. Guardiola said City was being cautious astir the Spain international, but his lack raises doubts implicit whether helium volition beryllium disposable for the league clash against Liverpool connected Sunday.

Rodri missed the bulk of past play with an ACL injury, and his publication has been constricted this term.