Fresh-faced Foden helps Man City exorcise Champions League demons
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15/04/2021 - 03:46
Homegrown hero: Phil Foden fired Manchester City into a first Champions League semi-final in five years under Pep Guardiola WOLFGANG RATTAY POOL/AFP
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London (AFP)
At the fifth time of asking, Pep Guardiola has guided Manchester City to a Champions League semi-final as they saw off Borussia Dortmund and the demons of previous quarter-final disappointments on Wednesday.
Attention will now turn to a semi-final clash with Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain that will be a meeting of two projects financed by Middle Eastern investment.
But for all the money invested by City's Abu Dhabi owners, it was a product of the club's youth academy, Phil Foden, who came up with the goods as nerves frayed for Guardiola's men.