Gary Lineker has lavised praise upon Phil Foden after Manchester City’s Champions League quarter-final victory over Borussia Dortmund.
With 15 minutes left, Foden fired City into a 2-1 lead against Dortmund in the second leg, giving them a 4-2 lead in aggregate that secured a place in the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since Pep Guardiola took over at the club in 2016.
The goal was enough to secure City’s passage to the semi-finals and sparked pandemonium among the squad, with ecstatic Foden charged over to hug his manager before being mobbed in the dugout following his 75th-minute winner at the Westfalenstadion.
That came after 17-year-old England starlet Jude Bellingham had handed the hosts a shock lead after just 15 minutes, before a penalty from Riyad Mahrez shifted the initiative back to the visitors.
Lineker, watching proceedings, praised the England international following his goal:
And another young English star surely wraps it up for @ManCity. The brilliant @PhilFoden. So exciting to see so many wonderful young players in our game.
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) April 14, 2021
What a player. https://t.co/bcoykmBqZd
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) April 14, 2021
After falling at the quarter-final stages in the past, it represented a big step forward in Manchester City’s quest to win the Champions League.
The Cityzens will now face Mauricio Pochettino’s Paris Saint-Germain in the last four.
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