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    Phil Foden says controversial Pep Guardiola team-talk turned the tide against Leeds

    Join the Miguel Delaney Inside Football Join the Miguel Delaney Inside newsletter to get exclusive access and unparalleled insight. Football NewsletterJoin the Miguel Delaney inside Football NewsletterPhil Foden believes that Manchester has reached a turning point City’s dramatic win over Leeds was Pep Guardiola’s team-talk and tactical reshuffle on the pitch after Gianluigi Donnarumma controversially went down to bring a stop in play. Daniel Farke said the Italy captain was playing games and that there is an issue with goalkeepers who feign injury to cause play to be stopped and to allow managers to give players new instructions. Foden went on to score a late injury-time goal. He reflected back on the moment before the hour after Leeds’s excellent start to the second period and revealed Guardiola’s reaction. He said: “We got together with the manager at the side of the pitch and we changed a few things because we couldn’t figure out what was going on. But from that moment when we spoke to the manager, we changed the way we press and the way we played. I think we became more relaxed again. “It was just changing the way we pressed because they were getting out every time. I think I moved over to the right wing and stayed wider, which allowed us to have an extra pass in the build-up. Since that moment, it was crucial to get together and find out the solution. “It felt like it was all a bit on different wavelengths. Some were pressing, some were staying. Even on the ball, we were not in good positions to receive it. When we had that chat with the manager, it changed the game. I’m just happy we managed to get it as soon as we did because the game was getting away from us at one point.” Foden, who scored again in the first minute at the Etihad, tripled his Premier League goals totals for the year in one afternoon and said that he felt he had won the game. “hunger” To score more. The England international felt he had to make amends after failing to find the net in last week’s defeat at Newcastle and is determined to be the difference-maker again in the future. He added: “I have the hunger inside me. After the Newcastle game, I felt frustrated because I had missed a couple of chances. Since the last few weeks, I felt a bit agitated by it. I wanted to make it right today. “I’m really thankful that today it…

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