Phil Foden breaks Lionel Messi's record during his heroics in Manchester Derby

Phil Foden, Lionel Messi (Image Source: Twitter)

The Manchester Derby ended with Manchester City clinching a dominant win against Manchester United on October 2, Sunday at Etihad. Commenting on the match, the Cityzens won it with a scoreline of 6-3, thanks to hat-tricks from Manchester City forwards Erling Haaland and Phil Foden. While Haaland became the talk of the town, Foden broke a unique record during the game. 

Speaking of the record, the forward became the youngest player under Pep Guardiola to score 50 goals for a team. Foden scored his 50th goal under the City boss when he scored his second goal of the match. The forward reached this feat at the age of 22 years and 127 days. To further emphasis on the record, it was one of the greatest of all time, Lionel Messi's record that the Englishman broke. 

The Argentine wizard achieved this feat when he was in Barcelona at the age of 22 days and 164 days. Foden would definitely take pride in setting the record after realising that it is Messi that he has surpassed. 

It’s been a pleasure being a part of this team: Phil Foden

Post the match, Foden said that he was proud to be a part of the setup. He opened up on his rapport with Haaland and said that they have been sharing a great relationship. “Obviously it’s a dream come true playing the derby as a City fan. Me and Erling have built that connection now, we’re finding each other. It’s been a pleasure being a part of this team,” Foden was quoted as saying. 

“Me and Erling have built that connection now, we’re finding each other. It’s been a pleasure being a part of this team. We did good, we can do better. Many, many players made sloppy passes. This is not good. We have to be more consistent. In some areas we were still not good, the simple things still we are not good enough. We are losing easy balls. We still conceded some actions for the opponent with simple things we were not doing well,” said Pep Guardiola on the win.