He was meant to take De Bruyne’s crown. Instead, Foden’s City career is flatlining

Playmaker has become peripheral as Manchester City chase quadruple and is no longer a shoo-in for the World Cup With 76 minutes gone at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night, Phil Foden was culpable for what might prove the title race’s defining moment. With Manchester City leading Nottingham Forest 2-1, Foden lost Elliot Anderson, who ran off him and curled home a 20-yard equaliser. Sixty seconds later, Pep Guardiola substituted his England playmaker. As Morgan Gibbs-White’s first equaliser cou