Man City continues to maintain its ambition to successfully defend the Premier League championship after defeating Brighton at the Amex with a score of 4-0. Kevin De Bruyne’s header, Foden’s double and Julian Alvarez’s strike brought all 3 points to the defending champions.
For Foden personally, this is an extremely memorable day. That’s because he scored his 50th Premier League goal and became the third player to score 50 league goals under Pep Guardiola at the age of 23 or younger. The other two people who have done this are Messi and Haaland.
Up to now Foden has 24 goals and 10 assists in 47 appearances in all competitions for Man City in the 2023/24 season. This is the season in which he scored the most goals in his career so far.
In 2024 alone, Foden scored 15 goals in all competitions. This number is equal to the achievement of Cole Palmer, who is single-handedly carrying Chelsea.
Two goals against Brighton also helped Foden join the 2023/24 Premier League top scorer race. With 16 goals, he is currently ranked 7th on the goalscoring chart, 4 goals behind the top two, teammates Haaland and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer.
Phil Foden really has charm every time he meets Brighton. According to statistics, he has 8 goals after only 8 confrontations with this team. If counted from 2017 (when Brighton was promoted to the Premier League), Foden only scored less goals for this team than Mohamed Salah (9 goals).
With Man City, they became the fourth team to score more than 4 goals in 4 consecutive matches in the Premier League after Man United in April 2000, Man City in May 2022 and Arsenal in March 2024.
The victory over Brighton helped Man City surpass Liverpool and take 2nd place with 2 points more. They are also only 1 point behind top team Arsenal and are playing 1 match less.
The reigning Premier League champions will look to continue their winning streak, which has now run to four in a row, against relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest next Sunday.
