Views: Visits 8 By Emmanuel Okogba Manchester City striker, Sergio Aguero has accepted full responsibility for the penalty he missed against Chelsea over the weekend. City had the opportunity to double their lead after Billy Gilmour brought down Gabriel Jesus in the box. A win would have handed City the Premier League title with three games to spare. Aguero who would be leaving the club at the end of the season took the ball and attempted a Panenka that Chelsea goalie, Edouard Mendy quickly read and caught with ease. [ALSO READ] Chelsea’s victory over Real Madrid makes me richer by N48m Peter Okoye Aguero scored what is arguably City’s biggest goal ever in the 2012 title winning campaign. He took to Twitter to apologise writing, “I would like to apologise to my teammates, staff and supporters for missing the penalty. It was a bad decision and I take full responsibility.”
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Pep Guardiola had only just arrived at Manchester City in the summer of 2016 when he was told he had a generational talent on his hands in Phil Foden.
Then the Spaniard witnessed it with his own eyes. We saw something special. Unique, Guardiola recalled about the day Foden then a precocious 17-year-old joined in training with City s senior squad for the first time.
Quite the compliment from a coach who nurtured Lionel Messi to greatness at Barcelona, so it s no surprise Guardiola has regarded the development of Foden as something of a pet project.
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Question of the Day Liverpool’s Thiago vies for the ball with Manchester City’s Phil Foden, left, during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. (AP photo/Jon Super, Pool) more > By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press - Monday, February 8, 2021
Pep Guardiola had only just arrived at Manchester City in the summer of 2016 when he was told he had a generational talent on his hands in Phil Foden.
Then the Spaniard witnessed it with his own eyes.
“We saw something special. Unique,” Guardiola recalled about the day Foden - then a precocious 17-year-old - joined in training with City’s senior squad for the first time.