In any case, it was written that Manchester City would not come to Paris with their morale down and their heads down. Very great teams can doubt, sometimes for a very long time, but rarely collapse. City remains fragile, because we do not recover with a simple snap of the fingers from several weeks of coma, as evidenced by their draw against Brentford last Tuesday (2-2), but the slap inflicted this Sunday on Ipswich (0 -6), their largest victory in more than two and a half years, gives some idea of current progress.
“It's probably the best performance of the season in terms of play, maintaining possession in important moments, good defending as well, so one of our best performances this year“, rejoiced Phil Foden. The best player of the last Premier League season is a perfect symbol.
Phil Foden of Manchester City celebrates
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We take a look back at what has defined this team over the past 10 years
Transparent in recent months, he is the man of 2025: he is the one who started the awakening. The statistics don't tell the whole story but Foden only scored one goal from August to the end of December. He has scored 5 in the last 15 days. In Ipswich, he was untenable by scoring a double full of opportunism served, each time by a Kevin De Bruyne who also regains part of his aura. However, we know the importance of KDB in the influence of Manchester City's game, of which it remains the main barometer.
-“We take a look back at what has defined this team over the past ten yearswelcomed Pep Guardiola who was smiling again. I'm really happy to have taken the three points. We are much better. Maybe not at our best yet, but we're closer because of the consistency of our play. Most of these things didn't happen in the previous games we won.“City, who have scored 20 goals in their last four matches (!), are finding their magic potion at the best of times.
In three days, in Paris, PSG as well as Manchester will play for their European future. While everyone was waiting for qualification with their toes fanned out, the two European heavyweights are at breaking point in the Champions League and only a victory in this clash would ensure them a presence in the play-offs of the round of 16 one day of the end of this first phase. It's almost a 16th that will be played on Wednesday. At least, Paris will not have the excuse of the surprise effect because City has, in part, become what it is again.
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