LondoncTypeface:> Manchester City forward Phil Foden believes winning the FA Cup and finishing in the Premier League top four will “save a poor season” and set them up to challenge for the top honours again.
Nine league defeats have left Pep Guardiola’s side 22 points adrift of leaders Liverpool and in a battle just to qualify for the Champions League, having exited that competition at the hands of Real Madrid in the play-off round. The FA Cup and the often much-derided post-season Club World Cup, newly expanded and already more difficult to win, is the only silverware left available to City. While neither would have been top of their list back in August, Foden said they had to take something from a disappointing campaign. “It is so important. I feel if we come up with the FA Cup and finish in the top four it will save a poor season in my eyes,” Foden told the PA news agency at a session of a new McDonald’s Fun Football partnership with UK Deaf Sport which offers hearing impairment sessions across England. “It is one of our main targets now to make sure that we are playing Champions League next season. It’s in our hands if we win our games as we’ve got to believe in what we can do and believe we can do it. (PA Media/dpa)
