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It looks like Pep Guardiola was right all along about Phil Foden. The Manchester City manager always pleaded for patience when asked why the midfielder was being rotated, given game time every now and then and generally used as a reliable stand-in when more experienced teammates were rested or saved for a bigger game on the horizon. But Foden is now that player.
The 23-year-old sat out Saturday's 4-2 Premier League win at Crystal Palace, three days after scoring a hat trick against Aston Villa, because Guardiola wants him absolutely fit and firing for the much bigger challenge of facing Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg.