Pep delighted to see Foden happy on the pitch again.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is delighted with Phil Foden recent return to form and the joy of playing again.

Foden enjoyed a breakthrough campaign last season, scoring 19 league goals, a personal best, and was name the PFA Player of the Year.

However, the 24-year-old has dipped in form เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย this season, failing to score in the league in his first 11 games, before slowly rediscovering his form in recent times.

Foden has scored five goals in his last four games, including two in a 2-2 draw at Brentford and two in a 6-0 rout of Ipswich last time out.

Pep said of the England international, who has been a City fan since he was a boy, “We spoke a lot in the last month and he is a completely different person to the one he was at the start of the season.”

“He has some minor issues, but he’s a human being who sometimes gets into trouble, which is normal.

“We are very happy that he is happy and enjoying playing again now, which is very good for us.”

Foden now has six goals in his last six appearances in the top flight after scoring City’s first and third as they beat Ipswich 6-0 at Portman Road on Sunday.

The win moved City up to fourth in the Premier League. Guardiola’s side return to action against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.