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Who expected Phil Foden to be this sluggish.
Soccer statistics media Huscoordcom on the 18th (Korea time) highlighted five players who showed the lowest shooting accuracy among those who attempted more than 20 shots in the English Premier League (EPL) this season.
Surprisingly, the overwhelming number one was Foden. Foden was only 12.5 percent. Giorginio in 2nd place with 18.8% There was also a lot of difference with Luther (Brighton). Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) was third overall with 23.3% and Lucas Paqueta (West Ham) and Antonio Semeno (Bonemouth) tied for fourth with 23.8%.
The incredible fact is that Foden won the EPL Player of the Year award last season. With 19 goals and eight assists, he led Manchester City to its first four consecutive victories in EPL history along with Elling Holan and Rodri. Foden's role was an additional source for Manchester City following Holan's lead. Last season, Foden was very good at mid-range shooting and goal-scoring as his shooting skills improved tremendously.
Foden is one of Manchester City's worst players this season. He has played 11 games in the league and has only one assist. In other words, the league is only shooting without a goal. As shooting accuracy is at the league's worst level, shooting into the net is hardly coming out well.
Now, teams facing Manchester City don't have much trouble controlling Manchester City's scoring if they stop Holan. This is because none of the second-line resources such as Foden, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardu Silva, Jeremy Doku and Savinho are playing the role of scorers.
The Manchester derby match against Manchester United on the 16th showed the bad effect of Foden's sluggish performance. On this day, Manchester City failed to properly create a pass path to Holan. As Harry Maguire took good control of Holan, Holan was completely isolated.
In the end, it was Foden who had to do it. As The Bruyne joined the now-poor Manchester City midfield, Foden was able to aim more actively for scoring. Foden tried to shoot four times against Manchester United but failed to properly threaten Manchester United. It was Foden who attempted the most shots in Manchester City.
With Foden so sluggish, Manchester City will be regretting the sale of Julián Alvarez to Atletico Madrid last summer. Hourian wanted to leave behind Holan and Foden, and has been flying around since Atletico's move. Manchester City sent Houlian because Foden was present, but Foden is having a difficult time as he falls into an all-time slump.
rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com
